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TI-2009-02434 Aliases CVE-2009-2548GHSA-h5jp-m3hr-6xqj

Format string vulnerability in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta…

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-134Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-134 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04407 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.16_betaVulnerableBistudio
cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.14VulnerableBistudio
cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.02VulnerableBistudio
  • cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.16_beta Vulnerable ·Bistudio
  • cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.14 Vulnerable ·Bistudio
  • cpe:2.3:a:bistudio:arma_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.02 Vulnerable ·Bistudio

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-2548
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h5jp-m3hr-6xqj

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2009-02435 Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed Assault II 1.02 and… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2009-02433 Integer underflow in Armed Assault (aka ArmA) 1.14 and earlier, and 1.16 beta, and Armed… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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