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CVE-2007-4442 (GCVE-0-2007-4442)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-21 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:53
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the logging function in the Unreal engine, possibly 2003 and 2004, as used in the internal web server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a request for a long .gif filename in the images/ directory, related to conversion from Unicode to ASCII.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477026/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/26506 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3039 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25374 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://aluigi.org/poc/unrwebdos.zip x_refsource_MISC
http://aluigi.org/adv/unrwebdos-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2007-08-18 00:00
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