CVE-2007-5250

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The Windows dedicated server for the Unreal engine, as used by America's Army and America's Army Special Forces 2.8.2 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server hang) via packets containing 0x07 characters or other unspecified invalid characters. NOTE: this issue may overlap CVE-2007-4443. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.

Affected products

Americasarmy America'S Army: through 2.8.2
Americasarmy America'S Army Special Forces: through 2.8.2

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aaboompb-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/aaboompb.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/27015
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3193
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481227/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36898
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aaboompb-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/aaboompb.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/27015
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3193
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481227/100/0/threaded
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36898

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