Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 31, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-4642
CVE-2007-4642
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\0' character.
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References
12- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txtnvdExploit
- aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zipnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483nvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/26524nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28821nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xmlnvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3084nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334nvd
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