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CVE-2006-0771

Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and possibly other games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in invalid cvar values, which are not properly handled when the server kicks the player and records the reason.

Published: Feb 18, 2006 Modified: Jun 16, 2026
CWE-134

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Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
even_balance punkbuster *

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-h862-m45v-wg8w

Format string vulnerability in PunkBuster 1.180 and earlier, as used by Soldier of Fortune II and...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 6.4 / 10
EPSS Score 3.13%

Top 13% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 26.5 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub