CVE-2019-15943 is a critical vulnerability affecting Counter-Strike: Global Offensive versions prior to 1.37.1.1, specifically within the vphysics.dll component. This vulnerability, rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, allows remote attackers to achieve code execution or denial of service by enticing a victim to a specially crafted gaming server that mishandles a malicious map during a memset call. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept for denial of service is available on ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.37.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:valvesoftware:counter-strike\:_global_offensive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.