Vulnerabilities

This page lists vulnerabilities found in the original Sony PlayStation system software and hardware.

PS Game Savedata

Game/Application name	Vulnerability	Summary	Revisions	Date of the discovery	Author of the discovery
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling	Stack Buffer Overflow via unchecked Custom Bowler Name length	Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling offers players to create their own bowlers in terms of physical appearances and names. The bowlers' name is limited up to 15 characters long. When the player wants to create name, it is copied to the stack, however the string length is not checked. With a very large string, one can overwrite the stack and take control of the return address ($ra register) to eventually jump to unsigned code in the savegame.	1.0	January 20th, 2019	ChampionLeake
Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling 2	Stack Buffer Overflow via unchecked Custom Bowler Name length	Same as Brunswick Circuit Pro Bowling exploit.	1.0	January 20th, 2019	ChampionLeake
Castlevania Chronicles	Stack Buffer Overflow via unchecked Player Name length	The player name has a limit of 8 character strings to create a savedata slot (both original or arranged modes of the game). Since the string length is not checked, one can use a very large string to overwrite several stack registers including the return address ($ra register) to eventually jump to unsigned code in the savegame.	N/A	August 12th, 2018	ChampionLeake
Castrol Honda Super Bike Racing			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Castrol Honda VTR		Same as Castrol Honda Super Bike Racing exploit.	N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Cool Boarders 4			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped		Same as Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back exploit.	N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Dokiou-ki			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Downhill Snow			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Final Fantasy IX (Disc 1)			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Sports Superbike		[1]	N/A	2014	qwikrazor87 and Acid_snake
Sports Superbike 2		Same as Sports Superbike exploit.	N/A	2014	qwikrazor87 and Acid_snake
Tekken 2		[2]	N/A	2014	qwikrazor87 and Acid_snake
Tekken 3		Same as Tekken 2 exploit.	N/A	2014	qwikrazor87 and Acid_snake
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2	Stack Buffer Overflow via unchecked Custom Skater name	The player has the chance to create their own skater (physical appearance, skateboard, names, etc.). The skater name is copied to the stack, however the string length is not checked. With a large skater name, one can overwrite the stack and control the return address ($ra register) to eventually jump to unsigned code in the savegame. One can trigger this overflow by selecting "Career Mode" and then selecting the "Create a new career" option.	1.0	January 22nd, 2019	ChampionLeake
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3		Same as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 exploit.	N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4		Same as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 exploit.	N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
The Legend of Heroes I & II: Eiyuu Densetsu			N/A	?2022?	?alex-free?
XS Moto		Same as Sports Superbike exploit.	N/A	2014	qwikrazor87 and Acid_snake

These flaws are relatively easy to find and exploit. There is a write-up on finding these flaws here.

See also [3] and [4].

System/Hardware

These flaws are related to the system/hardware that holds and powers the Sony PlayStation.

Summary	Vulnerability	Documentation	Revisions	Date of the discovery	Author of the discovery
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Not Exploitable PS Game Savedata

These are games that developers have fuzzed or researched trying to find bugs. Any useless crashes or games that do not crash at all go here. This is to inform researchers which games have already been studied.

• Family Feud -- Using a large string for the family name does not seem to crash the game. In conclusion, the family name is not exploitable. (Researched by ChampionLeake)