CVE-2004-0278

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Ratbag game engine, as used in products such as Dirt Track Racing, Leadfoot, and World of Outlaws Spring Cars, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a TCP packet that specifies the length of data to read and then sends a second TCP packet that contains less data than specified, which causes Ratbag to repeatedly check the socket for more data.

Affected products

Ratbag Dirt Track Racing: 1.0.3, 2.0
Ratbag Dirt Track Racing Australia: all versions
Ratbag Dirt Track Racing Sprint Cars: all versions
Ratbag Leadfoot: all versions
Ratbag World Of Outlaws Sprint Cars: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107655269820530&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15188
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107655269820530&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9644
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15188

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