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    CVE-2017-20205

    Valve's Source SDK (source-sdk-2013)'s ragdoll model parsing logic contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability.The tokenizer function `nexttoken` copies characters from an input string into a fixed-size stack buffer without performing bounds checks. When `ParseKeyValue` processes a collisionpair rule longer than the destination buffer (256 bytes), an overflow of the stack buffer `szToken` can occur and overwrite the function return address. A remote attacker can trigger the vulnerable code by supplying a specially crafted ragdoll model which causes the oversized collisionpair rule to be parsed, resulting in remote code execution on affected clients or servers. Valve has addressed this issue in many of their Source games, but independently-developed games must manually apply patch.

    Published:Oct 15, 2025
    Last Modified:Apr 15, 2026
    EPS:Oct 15, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00596
    CVSS Score:9.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Valvesoftware
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    Source
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    Valvesoftware
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    Source Sdk

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