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CVE-2009-5041

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

overkill has buffer overflow via long player names that can corrupt data on the server machine

Affected products

• Debian Overkill: before 0.16-14.1 — fixed in 0.16-14.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Debian Overkill 0.16-14.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5041
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5041

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