CVE-2012-0048

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

OpenTTD 0.3.5 through 1.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (game pause) by connecting to the server and not finishing the (1) authorization phase or (2) map download, aka a "slow read" attack.

Affected products

openttd: 0.3.5, 0.3.6, 0.3.7, 0.4.0, 0.4.0.1, 0.4.5 (+77)

References

http://bugs.openttd.org/task/4955
http://secunia.com/advisories/50137
http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-0049
http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/23764
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2524
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/07/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/13/8
http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=58073&hilit=pause#p989303
http://bugs.openttd.org/task/4955
http://secunia.com/advisories/50137
http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-0049
http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/23764

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