CVE-2007-4644

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Format string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote Doomsday servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a PSV_CONSOLE_TEXT message.

Affected products

Doomsday: through 1.9.0_beta5.1

References

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/36337
http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
http://secunia.com/advisories/26524

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