CVE-2006-2587 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the WebTool HTTP server component of PunkBuster versions prior to 1.229, impacting numerous popular games such as America's Army, Battlefield 2, Call of Duty, and Quake 4. This flaw allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by sending a specially crafted, long webkey parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit for denial of service is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.228CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:even_balance:punkbuster:1.228:*:servers:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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