Valve has released a new patch for Dota 2 that fixes a critical bug

In today’s mini-patch for Dota 2, the developers have fixed yet another critical bug related to the Meepo hero. The previously discovered vulnerability allowed players to cause the game client to crash and bring down the server.

The issue stemmed from the interaction between the hero’s clones and the Town Portal Scroll item. To reproduce the bug, a user had to purchase two Town Portal Scrolls on one of Meepo’s clones, activate them, and then sell them on the main character.

After performing this sequence of actions, the Dota 2 client would crash, and the game server would stop functioning. Thus, the bug posed a threat not only to the user themselves but also to other players in the match, who could also lose their connection to the server.

In the new update, Valve has fixed this vulnerability. The developers have not disclosed the technical details of the fix.

Changes

• Fixed a critical bug with Meepo that allowed the game server to crash using a Town Portal Scroll.

As a reminder, the developers had previously disabled Meepo in Dota 2 matchmaking due to a critical bug.