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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-6704 · published 10 April 2009

CVE-2008-6704: Stalker-game s.t.a.l.k.e.r.\ vulnerability

Stalker Game · S.T.A.L.K.E.R.\

Integer overflow in the NET_Compressor::Decompress function in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 1.0006 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a crafted packet with a 0xc1 value that contains no compressed data, which triggers a copy of a large amount of memory.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.0% · top 20.0% CWE-189 · CWE-189
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the NET_Compressor::Decompress function in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl 1.0006 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a crafted packet with a 0xc1 value that contains no compressed data, which triggers a copy of a large amount of memory.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/stalker39x-adv.txt
http://osvdb.org/46627
http://secunia.com/advisories/30891 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29997
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43456
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/stalker39x-adv.txt
http://osvdb.org/46627
http://secunia.com/advisories/30891 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493765
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29997
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43456

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-6704), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.