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CVE-2018-18541· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

In Teeworlds before 0.6.5, connection packets could be forged.

In Teeworlds before 0.6.5, connection packets could be forged. There was no challenge-response involved in the connection build up. A remote attacker could send connection packets from a spoofed IP address and occupy all server slots, or even use them for a reflection attack using map download packets.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 20, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.0% · 87th percentile
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
teeworldsteeworlds
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux9.0
  • teeworlds teeworldsbefore 0.6.5

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12teeworldsbefore 0.7.0-10.7.0-1
Debian:9teeworldsbefore 0.6.5+dfsg-1~deb9u10.6.5+dfsg-1~deb9u1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1teeworldsbefore 0.7.3.1-lp151.2.3.10.7.3.1-lp151.2.3.1
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1teeworldsbefore 0.7.3.1-bp151.2.3.30.7.3.1-bp151.2.3.3

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2019-10877In Teeworlds 0.7.2, there is an integer overflow in CMap::Load() in engine/shared/map.cpp that can lead to a buffer overflow, because multip
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-10879In Teeworlds 0.7.2, there is an integer overflow in CDataFileReader::Open() in engine/shared/datafile.cpp that can lead to a buffer overflow
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-10878In Teeworlds 0.7.2, there is a failed bounds check in CDataFileReader::GetData() and CDataFileReader::ReplaceData() and related functions in
    40Plan
  • CVE-2016-9400The CClient::ProcessServerPacket method in engine/client/client.cpp in Teeworlds before 0.6.4 allows remote servers to write to arbitrary ph
    40Plan
  • CVE-2019-20787Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-43518Teeworlds up to and including 0.7.5 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:teeworlds0.7.0-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:teeworlds0.7.3.1-lp151.2.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.1Package registry (OSV)
suse:teeworlds0.7.3.1-bp151.2.3.3 · SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

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