CVE-2004-2371

Red Storm web-based games - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2371. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a denial of service vulnerability in the Ghost Recon Game Engine due to improper handling of a 32-bit integer string size prefix, leading to an exception and system-wide DoS. The provided link points to a binary exploit archive, but the text itself is a writeup rather than functional code.

Description

Multiple Red Storm web-based games, including Ghost Recon 1.4 and earlier, Desert Siege, and The Sum of all Fears 1.1.1.0 and earlier, do not properly check return values from certain functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via packets that contain text strings with incorrect size values.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23755

The exploit describes a denial of service vulnerability in the Ghost Recon Game Engine due to improper handling of a 32-bit integer string size prefix, leading to an exception and system-wide DoS. The provided link points to a binary exploit archive, but the text itself is a writeup rather than functional code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Ghost Recon Game Engine (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to send crafted string input to the Ghost Recon Game Engine
mistral-large-3 · 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/15305
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9738
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/355051

Scores

EPSS 0.0334
EPSS Percentile 87.4%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
redstorm/desert_siege
redstorm/ghost_recon 1.4
redstorm/the_sum_of_all_fears 1.1.1.0
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026