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,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 7.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- id Software Doom 3 Engine - Console String Visualization Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30630remote, multiplepublished 2 Oct 2007Verified
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Timeline
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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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 27023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27002 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- doom3engine-punkbuster-format-string(36899) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 25893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20071001 Format string in the Doom 3 engine through PB (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3196 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_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-2007-5228 (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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