CVE-2007-6468

KRITISCH 9.3CVE-2007-6468 · Published 20/12/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

Kurz gesagt

CVE-2007-6468 ist eine Schwachstelle (KRITISCH (CVSS 9.3)) in hammer of thyrion (hammer of thyrion).
Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Ausnutzung in den nächsten 30 Tagen (EPSS): 5.7%, höher als bei 93.1% aller Schwachstellen.
Noch keine gepatchte Version bekannt: Herstellerhinweise unter Referenzen verfolgen.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
hammer of thyrion hammer_of_thyrion	`= 1.4.2`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the HuffDecode function in hw_utils/hwrcon/huffman.c and hexenworld/Client/huffman.c in Hammer of Thyrion 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted huffman encoded packet. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

osvdb.org/42641
secunia.com/advisories/28124 · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php
uhexen2.cvs.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/hexenworld/Client/huffman.c · Exploit
uhexen2.cvs.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/hw_utils/hwrcon/huffman.c · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/26893
vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4239

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free