TI-2007-04496 Aliases CVE-2007-4644 GHSA-3f4x-wv57-p6jm

Format string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in…

LOW 39CWE-94Published 2007-08-31 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote Doomsday servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a PSV_CONSOLE_TEXT message.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03596 89th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:doomsday:doomsday::::::::	up to 1.9.0_beta5.1	Vulnerable	Doomsday

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

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4644
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3f4x-wv57-p6jm

References

Exploit 1

http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip

Advisory 2

Other 1

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835

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-2007-04495 Integer underflow in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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