CVE-2020-14983 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 and Crispy Doom 5.8.0, affecting various distributions including OpenSUSE. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to overwrite the server's stack by manipulating the num_players value due to insufficient input validation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerability poses a high risk for confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:chocolate-doom:chocolate_doom:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:chocolate-doom:crispy_doom:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
sle-15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:backports:sle-15:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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