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high 7.5

CVE-2006-1618 in the critical feed json

Format string vulnerability in the (1) Con_message and (2) conPrintf functions in con_main.c in Doomsday engine 1.8.6 allows remote attacke…

published 2006-04-05 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1619

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.5%
EPSS 13.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the (1) Con_message and (2) conPrintf functions in con_main.c in Doomsday engine 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an argument to the JOIN command, and possibly other command arguments.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27566)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27566 Doomsday 1.8/1.9 - Multiple Remote Format String Vulnerabilities dos, 2005-04-03
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doomsdayfs-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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