CVE-2009-3924

Buffer overflow in pbsv.dll, as used in Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other applications when Even Balance PunkBuster 1.728 or earlier is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long restart packet.

Published: 2009-11-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3924 is rated High Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.95%). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3924

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 2.40% 3.95% +1.55%
2 2026-04-01 2.69% 2.40% -0.29%
3 2025-04-03 — 2.69% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3924

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3924

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3924

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
raven_software soldier_of_fortune_2 — cpe:2.3:a:raven_software:soldier_of_fortune_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster <= 1.728 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.272 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.272:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.457 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.457:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.458 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.458:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.641 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.641:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.642 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.642:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.718 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.718:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
punkbuster punkbuster 1.723 cpe:2.3:a:punkbuster:punkbuster:1.723:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3924

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