$ cve CVE-2007-4642 JSON

CVE-2007-4642 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.3% (pctl 97)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	16.31% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2007-08-31
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (1)

Vendor	Product
doomsday	doomsday

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Doomsday Engine 1.8.6/1.9 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities	2007-08-29

References

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