CVE-2007-4638

Blizzard Entertainment StarCraft Brood War <1.15.1 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-4638. PoCs published by Gynvael Coldwind.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in StarCraft Brood War 1.15.1 due to improper handling of exceptional conditions. No actual exploit code is included, only a reference to a binary exploit hosted externally.

Description

Blizzard Entertainment StarCraft Brood War 1.15.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed map, which triggers an out-of-bounds read during a minimap preview.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Gynvael Coldwind · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30540

The provided text describes a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in StarCraft Brood War 1.15.1 due to improper handling of exceptional conditions. No actual exploit code is included, only a reference to a binary exploit hosted externally.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: StarCraft Brood War 1.15.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target game instance
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25478
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3086
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478052/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0618
EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
blizzard_entertainment/starcraft_brood_war < 1.15.1
Published Aug 31, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026