PoC Index

CVE-2007-4642

HIGH 10.0EPSS 16.3%

Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\0' character.

CVSS v2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
16.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile
Published
2007-08-31
Updated
2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

ExploitDB entries (1)

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