CVE-2008-6712
The HTTP/XML-RPC service in Crysis 1.21 (game version 1.1.1.6156) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The HTTP/XML-RPC service in Crysis 1.21 (game version 1.1.1.6156) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Crysis 1.21 - HTTP/XML-RPC Service Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31931dos, multiplepublished 16 Jun 2008Verified
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Timeline
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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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 20080616 NULL pointer in the HTTP/XML-RPC service of Crysis 1.21 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080618 NULL pointer in the HTTP/XML-RPC service of Crysis 1.21 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 46261 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- crysis-httpxmlrpc-dos(43126) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29759 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/dontcrysis.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2008-6672 (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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