CVE-2006-0771
Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 3.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20060216 Soldier of Fortune II format string through PunkBuster 1.180 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060216 Soldier of Fortune II format string through PunkBuster 1.180 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 448 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2pbfs-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 16703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- punkbuster-cvars-format-string(24792) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0777 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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