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CVE-2012-3436

OpenTTD 0.6.0 through 1.2.1 does not properly validate requests to clear a water tile, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and server crash) via a certain sequence of steps related to "the water/coast aspect of tiles which also have railtracks on one half."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-3436 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from openttd organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-10-09T18:55:00.877

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openttd	openttd	0.6.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.6.1	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.6.2	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.6.3	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.7.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.7.1	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.7.2	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.7.3	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.7.4	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	0.7.5	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.1	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.1	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.1	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.2	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.2	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.3	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.3	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.4	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.4	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.5	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.5	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.0.5	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.1.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.1.1	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.1.2	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.1.3	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.1.4	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.1.5	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.2.0	Yes
Application	openttd	openttd	1.2.1	Yes

References

http://bugs.openttd.org/task/5254 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00043.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50042 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-3436 ([email protected])
http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24439 ([email protected])
http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24449 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/27/5 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/28/7 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/5 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54720 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77266 ([email protected])
http://bugs.openttd.org/task/5254 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00043.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50042 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2012-3436 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24439 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://vcs.openttd.org/svn/changeset/24449 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/27/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/28/7 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/31/5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54720 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77266 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For openttd's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.