{
    "id": "CVE-2007-4642",
    "published": "2007-08-31 23:17:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:44:29",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.16309",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96861",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "doomsday",
            "product": "doomsday"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "30543",
            "title": "Doomsday Engine 1.8.6/1.9 - Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities",
            "date": "2007-08-29",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30543"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt",
        "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/36332",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334",
        "http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt",
        "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/36332",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334"
    ]
}