CVE-2011-5173

Exp

Buffer overflow in Bugbear Entertainment FlatOut 2005 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in the title field in a bed file.

Published: 2012-09-15 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5173 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.15%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.16% 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-2011-5173

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18173 exploit_db edb 2011-11-30 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5173

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 2026-05-17 30.99% 36.15% +5.16%
2 2026-03-28 8.54% 30.99% +22.45%
3 2025-03-30 — 8.54% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5173

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5173

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5173

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bugbear flatout 2005 cpe:2.3:a:bugbear:flatout:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5173

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