CVE-2017-14748 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Race condition in Blizzard Overwatch 1.15.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (season bans and SR losses for other users) by leaving a competitive match at a specific time during the initial loading of that match.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00416.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Blizzard	Overwatch

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:blizzard:overwatch:1.15.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6243	Race condition in Blizzard Overwatch 1.15.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (season bans and SR losses for other users) by leaving a competitive match at a specific time during the initial loading of that match.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101087
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20759216554
https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/72euqx/theres_a_bug_out_there_that_can_instantly/

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-26T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:34:39.991Z

Reserved: 2017-09-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14748

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-26T17:29:00.227

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14748

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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