CVE-2006-0771

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.

Affected products

Even Balance Punkbuster: through 1.180

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0372.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18917
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/448
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425286/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16703
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24792
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0372.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18917
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/448
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425286/100/0/threaded

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