$ cve CVE-2007-5248 JSON

CVE-2007-5248 EXPLOIT

9.3

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.5% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

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.

Scoring

CVSS	9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	7.48% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-134
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2007-10-06
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (3)

Vendor	Product
id software	doom 3
id software	quake 4
take2games	prey

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	id Software Doom 3 Engine - Console String Visualization Format String	2007-10-02

References

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