CVE-2012-3436
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
OpenTTD 0.6.0 through 1.2.1 does not properly validate requests to clear a water tile, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a certain sequence of steps related to "the water/coast aspect of tiles which also have railtracks on one half."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-3403)
- Published
- October 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3403 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://bugs.openttd.org/task/5254
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00043.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50042(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-3436
- http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24439
- http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24449(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/27/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/28/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77266
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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