Sonic 3 A.I.R. Unbounded Memory Allocation DoS via ReceivedPacketCache
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-789.
Summary
Sonic 3 A.I.R. before commit 2492d18 contains an unbounded memory allocation vulnerability in ReceivedPacketCache::enqueuePacket() that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the server process by sending a crafted UDP packet with mUniquePacketID set to the maximum uint32 value. The mUniquePacketID field is read directly from the UDP wire-format packet header without bounds checking, causing the server to allocate one CacheItem per missing packet ID gap, exhausting available host memory and propagating an uncaught std::bad_alloc exception to std::terminate().
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66733
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-947v-gcqq-82hv
References
Patch 1
More Eukaryot vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47390 Sonic 3 A.I.R. Missing Source Address Validation in ConnectionManager CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-66733 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66733 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-947v-gcqq-82hv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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