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CVE-2008-3547
Buffer overflow in the server in OpenTTD 0.6.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (persistent game…
High9.0EPSS 4.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the server in OpenTTD 0.6.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (persistent game disruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving many long names for "companies and clients."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- 34161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080805 Re: CVE id request: openttd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080807 Re: CVE id request: openttd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080804 CVE id request: openttd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=617243 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openttd-companies-clients-bo(49221) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080805 Re: CVE id request: openttd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=233929 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/493714 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- 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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