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)…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 16.31% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- doomsday/doomsday
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txtExploit
- http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zipExploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26524Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28821
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txtExploit
- http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zipExploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26524Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28821
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.