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CVE-2018-20817

N/A
Published: April 19, 2019 at 10:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCall of Duty

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

Description

SV_SteamAuthClient in various Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty games before 2015-08-11 is missing a size check when reading authBlob data into a buffer, which allows one to execute code on the remote target machine when sending a steam authentication request. This affects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Call of Duty: Black Ops 1, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/RektInator/cod-steamauth-rce
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/momo5502/cod-exploits/tree/master/steam-auth

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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