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CVE-2004-1805
Format string vulnerability in games using the Epic Games Unreal Engine 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.4%
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in games using the Epic Games Unreal Engine 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in class names.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.4% · top 6.3% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- ut-class-format-string(15430) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040310 Format string bug in EpicGames Unreal engine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/unrfs-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 11108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 9840 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040311 Re: Format string bug in EpicGames Unreal engine (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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