The Windows dedicated server for the Unreal engine, as used by America's Army and America's Army Special Forces 2.8.2 and earlier, when Pun…

published 2007-10-06 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5230

cvss: 4.3; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.5%; EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Windows dedicated server for the Unreal engine, as used by America's Army and America's Army Special Forces 2.8.2 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server hang) via packets containing 0x07 characters or other unspecified invalid characters. NOTE: this issue may overlap CVE-2007-4443. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.

Exploit prediction

1.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

aluigi.org http://aluigi.org/poc/aaboompb.zip referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aaboompb-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-189 Numeric Errors

References

aluigi.org /poc/aaboompb.zip
exploit
aluigi.altervista.org /adv/aaboompb-adv.txt
exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/36898
vdb-entry
securityfocus.com /archive/1/481227/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
secunia.com /advisories/27015
third-party-advisory
securityreason.com /securityalert/3193
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2007-5250
NVD CVE-2007-5250

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Summary