What changed in Left 4 Dead 2 in 2018

6 updates · 4 main milestones · Jun 6, 2018 to Nov 1, 2018

Nov 1, 20183 events
Closed captions and map data get validation fixessystemMilestone
Valve fixes a potential buffer overflow in closed captions and protects against invalid map displacement data.
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Official competitive servers block custom contentgameplayMilestone
Valve fixes a loophole that allowed clients to load custom content in competitive modes on official servers.
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Scavenge logging restricted to the serversystem
The developer command for logging Scavenge items can now run only on the server.
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Aug 21, 20182 events
Closed caption localization updatedlocalization
Valve refreshes translated captions in the August update.
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August security patch closes further execution exploitssystemMilestone
Valve fixes additional potential remote code execution exploits reported through HackerOne.
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Jun 6, 20181 event
June patch addresses potential remote code executionsystemMilestone
Valve fixes a potential remote code execution exploit reported through HackerOne.
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