# CVE-2003-1432: Epic Games Unreal Engine 226f through 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibly execu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-10-23 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Epic Games Unreal Engine 226f through 436 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a packet with a negative size value, which is treated as a large positive number during memory allocation, or (2) a negative size value in a package file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11302
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11305
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6772
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0063.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-02/0142.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12012
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0142.html

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