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.
Published: 2007-10-06
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 8.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5228 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.
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Id Software Doom 3 Quake 4
Take2games Prey
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:42.098Z

Reserved: 2007-10-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5248

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Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-06T17:17:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-5248

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