CVE-2007-5248
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-134
- EPSS score
- 7.5% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5228)
- Published
- October 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5228 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- id software / doom 3
- id software / quake 4
- take2games / prey
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txt(Exploit)
- http://aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zip(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27002(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27023(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27036(Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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