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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-0279 json

Soldner Secret Wars 30830 and earlier does not properly handle the "message too long" socket error, which allows remote attackers to cause…

published 2005-02-10 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0280

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Soldner Secret Wars 30830 and earlier does not properly handle the "message too long" socket error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (socket termination) via a long UDP packet.

Exploit prediction

1.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12162 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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