CVE-2020-14983

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14983
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-22 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-27 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe server in Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 and Crispy Doom 5.8.0 doesn't validate the user-controlled num_players value, leading to a buffer overflow. A malicious user can overwrite the server's stack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Chocolate-doom Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 - All All
Application Chocolate-doom Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 - All All
Application Chocolate-doom Crispy Doom 5.8.0 All All All
Application Chocolate-doom Crispy Doom 5.8.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Backports sle-15 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Missing server-side num_players validation leading to buffer overflow · Issue #1293 · chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0947-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0928-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0939-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 690376 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for chocolate-doom (35aef72c-5c8e-11eb-8309-4ccc6adda413)
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