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CVE-2003-1354

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple GameSpy 3D 2.62 compatible gaming servers generate very large UDP responses to small requests, which allows remote attackers to use the servers as an amplifier in DDoS attacks with spoofed UDP query packets, as demonstrated using Battlefield 1942.

Affected products

• Gamespy3D Gamespy 3D: 2.62

References

• http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Jan/0178.html
• http://www.pivx.com/kristovich/adv/mk001/
• http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5EP0O0K8UO.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6636
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11084
• http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Jan/0178.html
• http://www.pivx.com/kristovich/adv/mk001/
• http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5EP0O0K8UO.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6636
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11084

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