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CVE-2008-6441
Format string vulnerability in the Epic Games Unreal engine client, as used in multiple games, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in the Epic Games Unreal engine client, as used in multiple games, allows remote servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the CLASS parameter in a DLMGR command, (2) a malformed package (PKG), and possibly (3) the LEVEL parameter in a WELCOME command.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 48291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20080911 Clients format strings in the Unreal engine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 31141 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080911 Clients format strings in the Unreal engine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 48290 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 31854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/unrealcfs-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- unrealengine-dlmgr-format-string(45088) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- unrealengine-pkg-format-string(45089) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- unrealengine-welcome-format-string(45090) (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-2008-6411 (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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