CVE-2002-0964
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via multiple responses to the initial challenge with different cd_key values, which reaches the player limit and prevents other players from connecting until the original responses have timed out.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.0
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via multiple responses to the initial challenge with different cd_key values, which reaches the player limit and prevents other players from connecting until the original responses have timed out.
- Record
CVE-2002-0964- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via multiple responses to the initial challenge with different cd_key values, which reaches the player limit and prevents other players from connecting until the original responses have timed out.
- Record
CVE-2002-0964- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2002-0953 No score
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via multiple responses to the initial challenge with different cd_key values, which reaches the player limit and prevents other players from connecting until the original responses have timed out.
- Record
EUVD-2002-0953- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p2q4-m99w-xgjx No score
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ...
Half-Life Server 1.1.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via multiple responses to the initial challenge with different cd_key values, which reaches the player limit and prevents other players from connecting until the original responses have timed out.
- Record
GHSA-p2q4-m99w-xgjx- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Half-Life Server 1.1/3.1 - New Player Flood Denial of Service | 2002-06-20 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2002-0964 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Valve Software Half-life, published October 4, 2002. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.16%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.