CVE-2008-6712

Exp

The HTTP/XML-RPC service in Crysis 1.21 (game version 1.1.1.6156) and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long HTTP request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Published: 2009-04-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6712 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.40%, 94th percentile). 4 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-2008-6712

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31931 exploit_db edb 2008-06-16 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6712

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 2026-06-15 6.78% 7.40% +0.62%
2 2026-05-31 6.17% 6.78% +0.60%
3 2026-04-10 — 6.17% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6712

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6712

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6712

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ea crysis <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:ea:crysis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ea crysis 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ea:crysis:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ea crysis 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:ea:crysis:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6712

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