CVE-2004-0724 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Half-Life engine, affecting both the game client and dedicated server versions released before July 7, 2004. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending an empty fragmented packet, causing the affected system to crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life:1.1.0.4:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life:1.1.0.4:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life:1.1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life:1.1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valve_software:half-life:1.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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