CVE-2008-7203

Valve Software Half-Life Counter-Strike 1.6 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-7203. PoCs published by Eugene Minaev.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit is a Denial of Service (DoS) Proof of Concept for Counter Strike 1.6 non-Steam servers. It sends malformed UDP packets to crash the target server by exploiting a vulnerability in the authentication process.

Description

Valve Software Half-Life Counter-Strike 1.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via multiple crafted login packets.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Eugene Minaev · phpdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4856

This exploit is a Denial of Service (DoS) Proof of Concept for Counter Strike 1.6 non-Steam servers. It sends malformed UDP packets to crash the target server by exploiting a vulnerability in the authentication process.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Counter Strike 1.6 (non-Steam servers)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Target IP address and port · Network access to the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4856
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27159
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39535

Scores

EPSS 0.0261
EPSS Percentile 83.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-399
Status published
Products (1)
valvesoftware/counter-strike 1.6
Published Sep 11, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026