9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-20817
Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Steam Auth Client Buffer Overflow
Description

SV_SteamAuthClient in various Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty games before 2015-08-11 is missing a size check when reading authBlob data into a buffer, which allows one to execute code on the remote target machine when sending a steam authentication request. This affects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 1, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

INFO

Published Date :

April 19, 2019, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 22, 2019, 5:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-20817 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-20817 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Activision call_of_duty\
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-20817.

URL Resource
https://github.com/RektInator/cod-steamauth-rce Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/momo5502/cod-exploits/tree/master/steam-auth Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

cod callofduty rce buffer-overflow poc remote-code-execution exploit vulnerability

Lua C++

Updated: 1 month ago
34 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Jan. 20, 2018, 3:23 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

☠️ Call of Duty - Vulnerabilities and proof-of-concepts

cpp exploit security-vulnerability mw2 cod hack poc assembly ida

Lua C++ Batchfile HTML C CMake

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
262 stars 20 fork 20 watcher
Born at : Nov. 12, 2017, 1:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-20817 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-20817 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/momo5502/cod-exploits/tree/master/steam-auth No Types Assigned https://github.com/momo5502/cod-exploits/tree/master/steam-auth Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/RektInator/cod-steamauth-rce No Types Assigned https://github.com/RektInator/cod-steamauth-rce Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_advanced_warfare:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_black_ops_1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_blacks_ops_2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_ghosts:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_modern_warfare_2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty\:_modern_warfare_3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.09 }} 0.10%

score

0.84655

percentile

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