PT-2025-34366 · Unknown · Ufo: Alien Invasion

Published 2025-08-22 · Updated 2025-08-22 · CVE-2009-10006

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

9.3

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: UFO: Alien Invasion versions up to and including 2.2.1

Description: UFO: Alien Invasion versions up to and including 2.2.1 contain a buffer overflow in its built-in IRC client component. When the client connects to an IRC server and receives a crafted numeric reply (specifically a 001 message), the application fails to properly validate the length of the response string. This results in a stack-based buffer overflow, which may corrupt control flow structures and allow arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability is triggered during automatic IRC connection handling and does not require user interaction beyond launching the game.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Stack Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-121

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-10006

Affected Products

Ufo: Alien Invasion

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-10006 · Security Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/14013 · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/ufo-alien-invasion-irc-client-buffer-overflow · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/30672 · Telegram Post
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16864 · Note
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/osx/misc/ufo_ai.rb · Note
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/ufo_ai.rb · Note
• https://moddb.com/news/ufo-alien-invasion-231-released · Note