Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Konami's Metal Gear Online 3, originating from improper validation of lobby data fields related to kicked players. The affected function processes a list of kicked player identifiers using the lobby data key "kick_num" to determine the number of entries, and individual kicked player IDs supplied via keys in the format "kicked_id_%i". The function does not validate that "kick_num" falls within the expected bounds. The game design limits matches to a maximum of 16 players, and the corresponding buffer for storing kicked player IDs is sized accordingly. If "kick_num" exceeds this limit, the function continues writing the provided player IDs past the end of the intended buffer and into adjacent memory regions. These adjacent regions contain Steam callback handler structures responsible for processing lobby data updates, lobby messages, and other related events. By supplying an oversized "kick_num" value and appropriate "kicked_id_%i" fields, an attacker can overwrite fields within the callback handler structures, including function pointers and callback argument values. Successful exploitation may enable control-flow hijacking, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution within the game process.
Published: 2026-08-24
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Konami
Konami metal Gear Online 3
Vendors & Products Konami
Konami metal Gear Online 3
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


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Weaknesses CWE-122

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Description A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Konami's Metal Gear Online 3, originating from improper validation of lobby data fields related to kicked players. The affected function processes a list of kicked player identifiers using the lobby data key "kick_num" to determine the number of entries, and individual kicked player IDs supplied via keys in the format "kicked_id_%i". The function does not validate that "kick_num" falls within the expected bounds. The game design limits matches to a maximum of 16 players, and the corresponding buffer for storing kicked player IDs is sized accordingly. If "kick_num" exceeds this limit, the function continues writing the provided player IDs past the end of the intended buffer and into adjacent memory regions. These adjacent regions contain Steam callback handler structures responsible for processing lobby data updates, lobby messages, and other related events. By supplying an oversized "kick_num" value and appropriate "kicked_id_%i" fields, an attacker can overwrite fields within the callback handler structures, including function pointers and callback argument values. Successful exploitation may enable control-flow hijacking, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution within the game process.
Title Konami's Metal Gear Online 3 contains a heap-based buffer overflow
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Konami Metal Gear Online 3
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T20:04:13.828Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T14:01:29.531Z

Link: CVE-2026-19874

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T16:11:06.391Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T15:16:37.577

Modified: 2026-08-24T20:16:42.277

Link: CVE-2026-19874

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T21:30:16Z

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