CVE-2007-5248

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: 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 products

Id Software Doom 3: through 1.3.1
Id Software Quake 4: through 1.4.2
Take2Games Prey: through 1.3

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/27002
http://secunia.com/advisories/27023
http://secunia.com/advisories/27036
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3196
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481229/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25893
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36899
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zip

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