CVE-2006-3788

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in multiplay.cpp in UFO2000 svn 1057 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long unit name in Net::recv_add_unit,; (2) large values to Net::recv_rules, Net::recv_select_unit, Net::recv_options, and Net::recv_unit_data; and (3) a large mapdata GEODATA structure in Net::recv_map_data.

Affected products

Ufo2000: through svn_1057

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ufo2ko-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/21091
http://secunia.com/advisories/24297
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1259
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016503
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/ufo2000/trunk/src/multiplay.cpp?view=log
http://svn.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.cgi/ufo2000/trunk/src/server_transport.cpp?view=log
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-10.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440293/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2837
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27798
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ufo2ko-adv.txt

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