CVE-2009-3924

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in pbsv.dll, as used in Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other applications when Even Balance PunkBuster 1.728 or earlier is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long restart packet.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52400

http://secunia.com/advisories/36221

http://aluigi.org/poc/sof2pbbof.zip

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbbof-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03604