CVE-2005-3488

Exp

Scorched 3D 39.1 (bf) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (long loop and server hang) via a negative numplayers value that bypasses a signed check in ServerConnectHandler.cpp.

Published: 2005-11-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3488 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.12%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3488

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1285 exploit_db edb 2005-11-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3488

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 14.28% 10.12% -4.17%
2 2025-03-29 10.12% 14.28% +4.17%
3 2025-03-17 — 10.12% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3488

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3488

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3488

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-3488 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (scorched3d), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3488
gentoo high CVE-2005-3488: 1 GLSA(s) (200511-12), 1 atom(s) (games-strategy/scorched3d); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3488
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3488 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (scorched3d), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3488

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3488

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scorched_3d scorched_3d 39.1 cpe:2.3:a:scorched_3d:scorched_3d:39.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3488

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