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CVE-2009-2548

Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and...

10.0 High

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.

What does this mean?
Severity
10.0 HighCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
4.41%EPSS, 91st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

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

4.41%Down 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

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 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-134
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo 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-2009-2543No 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-6xqjNo 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

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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