CVE-2003-1354

GameSpy 3D 2.62 - Denial of Service via UDP Amplification

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-1354. PoCs published by Mike Kristovich.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a UDP-based denial-of-service (DoS) attack against Battlefield 1942 servers by spoofing packets to trigger large responses, saturating network bandwidth. It constructs raw IP/UDP packets with a specific payload to exploit the GameSpy protocol vulnerability.

Description

Multiple GameSpy 3D 2.62 compatible gaming servers generate very large UDP responses to small requests, which allows remote attackers to use the servers as an amplifier in DDoS attacks with spoofed UDP query packets, as demonstrated using Battlefield 1942.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Mike Kristovich · cdoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22183

This exploit demonstrates a UDP-based denial-of-service (DoS) attack against Battlefield 1942 servers by spoofing packets to trigger large responses, saturating network bandwidth. It constructs raw IP/UDP packets with a specific payload to exploit the GameSpy protocol vulnerability.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Battlefield 1942 (all versions)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Raw socket permissions · Target server IP · Victim IP to spoof
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11084
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6636
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/Jan/0178.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.pivx.com/kristovich/adv/mk001/

Scores

EPSS 0.0620
EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
gamespy3d/gamespy_3d 2.62
Published Dec 31, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026