CVE-2007-1251

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the new_warning function in ntserv/warning.c for Netrek Vanilla Server 2.12.0, when EVENTLOG is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message handling.

Affected products

Netrek Vanilla Server: 2.12.0

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/netrekfs-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/24357
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=490561
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461755/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22786
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0815
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32777
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/netrekfs-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/24357
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=490561
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461755/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22786

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