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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1999023

The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can result in code execution outside the sandbox. This attack appear to be exploitable via Loading specially-crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content.

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1 Nov 2026, 04:17 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-1999023

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jul 2018, 16:29 UTC

The Battle for Wesnoth Project version 1.7.0 through 1.14.3 contains a Code Injection vulnerability in the Lua scripting engine that can result in code execution outside the sandbox. This attack appear to be exploitable via Loading specially-crafted saved games, networked games, replays, and player content.

osv:CVE-2018-1999023
Complete source record
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