HIGH
Format string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote Doomsday servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a PSV_CONSOLE_TEXT message
Published Aug 31, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.60%
Description
Format string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote Doomsday servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a PSV_CONSOLE_TEXT message.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.60% 0.03596
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03596
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03596) | 89.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03596) | 87.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.48% (0.01478) | 79.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.92% (0.02918) | 90.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 4, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00802) | 81.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 27, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00776) | 81.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2024 | 0.76% (0.00762) | 80.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 6, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00789) | 79.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 79.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 88.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 87.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 70.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26524 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28821 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36337 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26524 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/28821 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36337 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 31, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 31, 2007
Link CVE-2007-4644
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a