CVE-2009-2548

Exp

Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the (1) nickname and (2) datafile fields in a join request, which is not properly handled when logging an error message.

Published: 2009-07-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2548 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.66%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.96% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2548

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2548

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 2025-04-23 2.69% 6.66% +3.96%
2 2025-03-30 2.42% 2.69% +0.27%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.42% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2548

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2548

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2548

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bistudio arma <= 1.16_beta cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bistudio arma 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bistudio arma_2 <= 1.02 cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2548

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