CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-5248

9.3 HIGH Published 2007-10-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2007-10-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-134

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• id software doom 3 (<= 1.3.1) • id software quake 4 (<= 1.4.2) • take2games prey (<= 1.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References