Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy message buffer overflow
| starwars-message-bo (19959) |  High Risk |
Description:
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is vulnerable to a buffer overflow caused by improper bounds checking of user-supplied input when handling messages. By sending long messages using the say and tell commands, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the game server.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- LucasArts Web site: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy.
- Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy: buffer-overflow during the visualization of big messages.
- BID-12977: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-0984: Buffer overflow in the G_Printf function in Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy 1.011 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long message using commands such as (1) say and (2) tell.
- SA14809: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Message Handling Buffer Overflow
Platforms Affected:
- LucasArts Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy 1.011 and prior
Reported:
Apr 02, 2005
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