CVE-2003-1355 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the remote console (rcon) of Battlefield 1942 versions 1.2 and 1.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long username and password during authentication. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity for a network-based attack, leading to potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:electronic_arts:battlefield_1942:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:electronic_arts:battlefield_1942:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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