CVE-2007-4442

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the logging function in the Unreal engine, possibly 2003 and 2004, as used in the internal web server, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a request for a long .gif filename in the images/ directory, related to conversion from Unicode to ASCII.

Affected products

Epic Games Unreal Engine: 2003, 2004

References

http://aluigi.org/adv/unrwebdos-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/unrwebdos.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/26506
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3039
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477026/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25374
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36102
http://aluigi.org/adv/unrwebdos-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/unrwebdos.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/26506
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3039
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/477026/100/0/threaded

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