CVE-2004-1220 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Battlefield 1942 (versions 1.6.19 and earlier) and Battlefield Vietnam (versions 1.2 and earlier). A remote master server can trigger a client crash by sending a server reply with an excessively large 'numplayers' value, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in partial availability impact. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, despite no media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digital_illusions:battlefield_1942:1.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:digital_illusions:battlefield_vietnam:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.