CVE-2018-10718

published 2018-05-03

CVE-2018-10718: Stack-based buffer overflow in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 before 2018-04-26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

Priority P2 71 critical 10 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC L PR N UI N S C C H I H A H

EXPLOIT

Stack-based buffer overflow in Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 before 2018-04-26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted packets.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
activision	call_of_duty_modern_warfare_2	< 2018-04-26	2018-04-26

Detection & IOCs extracted from sources · hover to see the quote

url https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/44987.zip↗

• → Detect exploitation attempts via crafted network packets targeting Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game server/client ports; monitor for anomalous or oversized UDP packets directed at MW2 game traffic that may trigger a stack-based buffer overflow. ↗
• → Flag remote code execution attempts exploiting CVE-2018-10718 via crafted packets sent to Activision Infinity Ward Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 instances prior to the 2018-04-26 patch date. ↗

• · The vulnerability affects Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 versions prior to 2018-04-26; patched versions are not affected. Ensure version identification is part of any detection or triage workflow. ↗
• · The exploit PoC is delivered as a zip archive; the specific packet structure or payload format is not described in the public sources, limiting signature-based detection without binary analysis of the PoC. ↗

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 10.0 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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