CVE-2005-0568

Soldier of Fortune II 1.03 gold - Denial of Service via Large cl_guid Value

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-0568. PoCs published by Luigi Auriemma.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit code is a proof-of-concept for CVE-2005-0568, which targets a vulnerability in the Huffman compression algorithm used by the Quake 3 engine. The code includes functions for Huffman tree construction and bitstream manipulation, which can be used to trigger a denial-of-service condition.

Description

Soldier of Fortune II 1.03 gold allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large cl_guid value, which results in an invalid pointer dereference.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Luigi Auriemma · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/841

This exploit code is a proof-of-concept for CVE-2005-0568, which targets a vulnerability in the Huffman compression algorithm used by the Quake 3 engine. The code includes functions for Huffman tree construction and bitstream manipulation, which can be used to trigger a denial-of-service condition.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Quake 3 engine (versions using vulnerable Huffman algorithm)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target system running vulnerable Quake 3 engine
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/13289
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110927288423807&w=2
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sof2guidboom-adv.txt
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013291
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12650

Scores

EPSS 0.0306
EPSS Percentile 85.9%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
raven_software/soldier_of_fortune_2 1.0.2
raven_software/soldier_of_fortune_2 1.0.3
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026