CVE-2008-3597

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

Skulltag before 0.97d2-RC6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) by sending a "command 29" packet when the player is not in the game.

Affected products

Skulltag: before 0.97d2; 0.97d2, 0.97d2-rc2, 0.97d2-rc3 — fixed in 0.97d2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Skulltag 0.97d2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/skulltagod-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31427
http://skulltag.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14716
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2325
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44363
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/skulltagod-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31427
http://skulltag.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14716
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2325
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44363

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