Description
The client and server of Chaser 1.50 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash via exception) via a UDP packet with a length field that is greater than the actual data length, which causes Chaser to read unexpected memory.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Cauldron Chaser 1.4/1.5 - Remote Denial of Service (1) EDB-23641 · dos · Feb 3, 2004 · verified
- Cauldron Chaser 1.4/1.5 - Remote Denial of Service (2) EDB-23642 · dos · Feb 3, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- chaser-memory-dos(15031) vdb-entry
- 20040203 Remote crash of Chaser game <= 1.50 mailing-list
- 9567 vdb-entry