Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5248
CVE-2007-5248
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.
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Affected products
6- Range: <=1.3
- Range: <=1.4.2
- Range: <=1.3.1
Patches
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References
10- aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txtnvdExploit
- aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zipnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/27002nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27023nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27036nvdVendor Advisory
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3196nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481229/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25893nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3333nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36899nvd
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