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CVE-2009-0878

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0878 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wesnoth versions prior to r32987, specifically within the read_game_map function. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by providing a map with excessively large width or height values, leading to significant memory consumption and a daemon hang. While the CVSS score is 5.0 (medium severity) due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:wesnoth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:wesnoth:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:wesnoth:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:wesnoth:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wesnoth:wesnoth:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0177 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0878Moderate

wesnoth: DoS via large map

Feb 20, 2009

References

launchpad.net / bugs/335089
launchpad.net / bugs/336396
packages.debian.org / changelogs/pool/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.4.7-4/changelog
packages.debian.org / changelogs/pool/main/w/wesnoth/wesnoth_1.5.12-1/changelog
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49294
gna.org / bugs/index.php
svn.gna.org / viewcvs/wesnoth/trunk/src/terrain_translation.cpp
svn.gna.org / viewcvs/wesnoth/trunk/src/terrain_translation.cpp