# CVE-2020-14983: The server in Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 and Crispy Doom 5.8.0 doesn't validate the user-controlled num\_players value, leading to a buffer overflo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-06-22 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The server in Chocolate Doom 3.0.0 and Crispy Doom 5.8.0 doesn't validate the user-controlled num_players value, leading to a buffer overflow. A malicious user can overwrite the server's stack.

## 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://github.com/chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom/issues/1293
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00012.html

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