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TI-2007-04495 Aliases CVE-2007-4643GHSA-6h87-2fpc-x688

Integer underflow in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote…

Priority LOW 27CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Integer underflow in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a PKT_CHAT packet with a data length less than 3, which triggers an erroneous malloc, possibly related to the Sv_HandlePacket function in sv_main.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0215 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:doomsday:doomsday:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.9.0_beta5.1VulnerableDoomsday
  • cpe:2.3:a:doomsday:doomsday:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.9.0_beta5.1 Vulnerable ·Doomsday

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4643
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6h87-2fpc-x688

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • TI-2007-04494 Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2006-01567 Format string vulnerability in the (1) Con_message and (2) conPrintf functions in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-04496 Format string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

Sources

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