CVE-2006-0771

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0771
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-18 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.031210000 probability, percentile 0.868590000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Even Balance Punkbuster All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aluigi.altervista.org
PunkBuster Module Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - PunkBuster Cvars Monitoring Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0372.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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