CVE-2004-1493

Master of Orion III <= 1.2.5 - Denial of Service via Long Nickname

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-1493. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Master of Orion III servers by sending malformed packets to crash the server. It includes two attack methods: one that triggers a fast allocation exit and another that sends multiple large nicknames to exhaust server resources.

Description

Master of Orion III 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via multiple connections with long nicknames, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/603

This exploit targets a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Master of Orion III servers by sending malformed packets to crash the server. It includes two attack methods: one that triggers a fast allocation exit and another that sends multiple large nicknames to exhaust server resources.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Master of Orion III <= 1.2.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server
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/17884
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109889705116038&w=2
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11550
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/13008

Scores

EPSS 0.0345
EPSS Percentile 87.5%

Details

Status published
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026