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medium 5.0

CVE-2005-1741 json

Gearbox Software Halo: Combat Evolved 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed data.

published 2005-05-24 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1743

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Gearbox Software Halo: Combat Evolved 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed data.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25699)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25699 Gearbox Software Halo Game Server 1.06/1.07 - Infinite Loop Denial of Service dos, 2005-05-24
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13728 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/haloloop-adv.txt 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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