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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2007-5248 json

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the ID Software Doom 3 engine, as used by Doom 3 1.3.1 and earlier, Quake 4 1.4.2 and earlier, an…

published 2007-10-06 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5228

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the ID Software Doom 3 engine, as used by Doom 3 1.3.1 and earlier, Quake 4 1.4.2 and earlier, and Prey 1.3 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a PB_Y packet to the YPG server or (2) a PB_U packet to UCON. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30630)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30630 id Software Doom 3 Engine - Console String Visualization Format String remote, 2007-10-02
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.org http://aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zip referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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