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CVE-2009-5041

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

overkill has buffer overflow via long player names that can corrupt data on the server machine

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Debian — Overkill

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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