CVE-2007-5250

high

Description

The Windows dedicated server for the Unreal engine, as used by America's Army and America's Army Special Forces 2.8.2 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server hang) via packets containing 0x07 characters or other unspecified invalid characters. NOTE: this issue may overlap CVE-2007-4443. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36898

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481227/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3193

http://secunia.com/advisories/27015

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-10-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01061