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CVE-2022-39047

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Freeciv before 2.6.7 and before 3.0.3 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Modpack Installer utility's handling of the modpack URL.

Affected products

• freeciv: before 2.6.7; from 3.0.0 before 3.0.3 — fixed in 2.6.7, 3.0.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: freeciv 2.6.7, 3.0.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/31/1
• https://bugs.debian.org/1017579
• https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/45299
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/05/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/31/1
• https://bugs.debian.org/1017579
• https://osdn.net/projects/freeciv/ticket/45299
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/08/05/1

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