CVE-2007-4642

high · 10

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

16.3%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

97th

EPSS percentile

2007-08-31

Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
doomsday	doomsday	<= 1.9.0_beta5.1

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References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
http://secunia.com/advisories/26524
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/25483
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.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
http://secunia.com/advisories/26524
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/25483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2007-4642