Buffer overflow in Doomsday
CVE-2007-4642
Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\0' character.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.163 (96.9th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.163 · newest: 0.163 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3084 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28821 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332 (vdb-entry)
- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt (Exploit)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/26524 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml (vendor-advisory)