CVE-2009-2548
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and...
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
10.0
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.
- Record
CVE-2009-2548- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.
- Record
CVE-2009-2548- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2543 No score
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.
- Record
EUVD-2009-2543- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h5jp-m3hr-6xqj No score
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and...
Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.
- Record
GHSA-h5jp-m3hr-6xqj- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2009-2548 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Bistudio Arma, published July 20, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.41%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.