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CVE-2004-1500
Format string vulnerability in the Lithtech engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of…
Low2.1EPSS 1.9%
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in the Lithtech engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a nickname or (2) a message.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 11610 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- lithtech-format-string(17972) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17317 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/lithfs-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 13116 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20041105 In-game format string bug in the Lithtech engine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .