Description
The HTTP/XML-RPC service in Crysis 1.21 (game version 1.1.1.6156) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
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 1
- Crysis 1.21 - HTTP/XML-RPC Service Remote Denial of Service EDB-31931 · dos · Jun 16, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20080616 NULL pointer in the HTTP/XML-RPC service of Crysis 1.21 mailing-list
- 20080618 NULL pointer in the HTTP/XML-RPC service of Crysis 1.21 mailing-list
- 46261 vdb-entry
- crysis-httpxmlrpc-dos(43126) vdb-entry
- 29759 vdb-entry
- 30675 third-party-advisory
- http://aluigi.org/poc/dontcrysis.txt