CVE-2007-4533
Format string vulnerability in the Say command in sv_main.cpp in Vavoom 1.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 8.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Format string vulnerability in the Say command in sv_main.cpp in Vavoom 1.24 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a chat message, related to a call to the BroadcastPrintf function.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Vavoom 1.24 - sv_main.cpp Say Command Remote Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30526dos, multiplepublished 24 Aug 2007Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 26701 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vaboom2-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-1977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 3057 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- vavoom-say-code-execution(36247) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=256621 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26554 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25436 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-4516 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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