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CVE-2022-38221

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
Severity9.8Critical · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability1.86 %higher than 79% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A buffer overflow in the FTcpListener thread in The Isle Evrima (the dedicated server on Windows and Linux) 0.9.88.07 before 2022-08-12 allows a remote attacker to crash any server with an accessible RCON port, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS

Base score
9.8
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
1.86 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
79
Score date
10/23/2026

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)

THE Isle Evrima Project — THE Isle Evrima

CWEs

References

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