Battlefield 2/2142 Malformed Packet NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

BID:46478

Info

Battlefield 2/2142 Malformed Packet NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 46478
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 22 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 22 2011 12:00AM
Credit: SomaFM, Luigi Auriemma, and Francis Lavoie-Renaud
Vulnerable: Electronic Arts Inc. Battlefield 2142 1.51
Electronic Arts Inc. Battlefield 2 1.50
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Battlefield 2/2142 Malformed Packet NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Battlefield 2 and 2142 are prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability due to a NULL-pointer dereference condition.

An attacker may exploit this issue to crash the application, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Battlefield 2 version 1.50 and Battlefield 2142 version 1.51 are vulnerable. Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Battlefield 2/2142 Malformed Packet NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use readily available network utilities to exploit this issue.

The following exploit code is available:

Solution / Fix

Battlefield 2/2142 Malformed Packet NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent
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References

Battlefield 2/2142 Malformed Packet NULL Pointer Dereference Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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