CVE-2008-3576

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the TruncateString function in src/gfx.cpp in OpenTTD before 0.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted string. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

openttd: through 0.6.2-rc2; 0.6.1, 0.6.2-rc1

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233929
http://secunia.com/advisories/31350
http://secunia.com/advisories/34161
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-09.xml
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=617243
http://www.openttd.org/index.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30525
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44168
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233929
http://secunia.com/advisories/31350
http://secunia.com/advisories/34161

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