CVE-2007-4642 (GCVE-0-2007-4642)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-08-31 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:01
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2007-08-29 00:00
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