CVE-2005-0330 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Painkiller versions 1.35 and earlier, potentially affecting other versions before 1.61. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to trigger a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by submitting an excessively long CD-key hash. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, primarily leading to a denial of service. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit for Painkiller 1.35 exists on ExploitDB, though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:people_can_fly:painkiller:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:people_can_fly:painkiller:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.