CVE-2026-121969
6.5 MEDIUMpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-11-04 · Updated 2026-11-04
AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.
NVD description
netrek-client-cow through 3.3.3 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in handleSMessage() in short.c that allows malicious servers to overflow a 100-byte stack buffer by sending oversized SP_S_MESSAGE packets. A malicious Netrek server or man-in-the-middle on the plaintext TCP connection can send overlong or unterminated message bodies to write server-controlled bytes onto the stack and crash the client.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-121
Public exploit & PoC references
All references
- https://github.com/quozl/netrek-client-cow
- https://github.com/quozl/netrek-client-cow/blob/3.3.3/short.c#L949
- https://github.com/quozl/netrek-client-cow/commit/fb322e74abee3b0b76a9c5a31df6aab5585d3127
- https://github.com/quozl/netrek-client-cow/issues/11
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netrek-client-cow-through-3.3.3-stack-buffer-overflow-via-handlesmessage
Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.
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