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TI-2019-15111 Aliases CVE-2019-20893GHSA-w526-pr9q-g5j8

An issue was discovered in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 through…

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-120Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 through 2019-12-11. PartyHost_HandleJoinPartyRequest has a buffer overflow vulnerability and can be exploited by using a crafted joinParty packet. This can be utilized to conduct arbitrary code execution on a victim's machine.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02165 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2019-12-11VulnerableActivision
  • cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2019-12-11 Vulnerable ·Activision

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-20893
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w526-pr9q-g5j8

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2018-07582 Stack-based buffer overflow in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0

Sources

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