Buffer overflow in Soldier of Fortune II 1.03 Gold and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server or client crash) via a long (1) query or (2) reply.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1542 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.94%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 653 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-11-23 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 6.04% | 5.94% | -0.10% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 5.94% | 6.04% | +0.10% |
| 3 | 2025-03-20 | — | 5.94% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| raven_software | soldier_of_fortune | 2.1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:raven_software:soldier_of_fortune:2.1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| raven_software | soldier_of_fortune | 2.1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:raven_software:soldier_of_fortune:2.1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |