Hmm...I had thought Valve had fixed this a couple of patches ago (Eric
Smith was aware of it).

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 7:51 PM, Adam Walker <crashd...@ozzyfurocity.net>
wrote:

> As a follow-up, the issue appears to be caused by an invalid .vtf spray. I
> will not post the associated file on the mailing list, but will provide it
> upon request.
>
> When the .vtf is loaded by the client it seems to cause a memory access
> violation, which results in the game crashing. This also applies to players
> that attempt to view the spray, accidentally or otherwise.
>
> - Crashdoom
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Adam Walker <crashd...@ozzyfurocity.net>
> wrote:
>
> Has anyone been encountering players that seem to be able to cause
> someone's Team Fortress 2 client to close to the desktop?
>
> We've recently had a player performing these actions, but are unsure how
> they are doing it or how to protect against it. The player in question was
> known as "lunar" with ID STEAM_0:1:63519733, for reference purposes.
>
> I have provided a copy of the dmp files generated from the incident via
> the link below. I feel this is rather severe as we've had our servers
> emptied from this exploit, so if we can get a solution then it would be to
> everyone's benefit.
>
> - Crashdoom
>
> ZIP Archive of dumps:
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50570879/dumps.zip
>
>
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