Improper input validation in Teeworlds - CVE-2016-9400
Published: May 26, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6784
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9400
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to flaw in the CClient::ProcessServerPacket method in engine/client/client.cpp. A remote attacker can use specially crafted vectors involving snap handling to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in full access to the affected system.
The weakness exists due to flaw in the CClient::ProcessServerPacket method in engine/client/client.cpp. A remote attacker can use specially crafted vectors involving snap handling to write to arbitrary physical memory locations and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in full access to the affected system.
Affected software
Teeworlds
Gentoo games-action/teeworlds
teeworlds
Fedora
Gentoo games-action/teeworlds
teeworlds
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9400
Update to version 0.6.4.
teeworlds - addressed in versions 0.6.4-1.fc23, 0.6.4-2.el7, 0.6.4-2.fc24, 0.6.4-2.fc25