← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-4642 · published 31 August 2007

CVE-2007-4642: Doomsday memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Doomsday · Doomsday

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.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 16% · top 3.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
16%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References, 6 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt Exploit
http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip Exploit
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
http://secunia.com/advisories/26524 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28821
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt Exploit
http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip Exploit
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835
http://secunia.com/advisories/26524 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28821
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200802-02.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3084
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478077/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25483 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36332
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36333
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36334

Track CVE-2007-4642 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

7.5CVE-2007-4644Doomsday code injection vulnerabilityFormat string vulnerability in the Cl_GetPackets function in cl_main.c in the client in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote D…EPSS 3.6%7.5CVE-2006-1618Doomsday vulnerabilityFormat string vulnerability in the (1) Con_message and (2) conPrintf functions in con_main.c in Doomsday engine 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to exec…EPSS 13%5.0CVE-2007-4643Doomsday memory buffer overflow vulnerabilityInteger underflow in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a PKT_CHAT…EPSS 2.2%9.5CVE-2026-88772Citrix NetScaler Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulnerabilityVulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway. This issue affects ADC: before 14.1-73.37, before 13.1-64.23, before 14.1-73.37 F…KEV8.8CVE-2026-8452Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway memory buffer overflow causes DoSCVE-2026-8452 is a memory buffer overflow (CWE-119) in Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that leads to unpredictable or erroneous behavior a…KEVEPSS 1.0%analysed8.8CVE-2009-3459Adobe Reader and Acrobat heap buffer overflow via crafted PDFAdobe Reader and Acrobat 7.x before 7.1.4, 8.x before 8.1.7, and 9.x before 9.2 contain a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122) triggered by a crafted…KEVEPSS 87%analysed9.8CVE-2008-4250Microsoft Windows Server service RPC path canonicalization buffer overflowThe Server service in multiple Windows versions fails to properly handle path canonicalization, allowing a crafted RPC request to overflow a buffer a…KEVEPSS 99%analysed8.8CVE-2025-31277Apple WebKit memory corruption via malicious web contentApple WebKit fails to handle memory correctly when processing crafted web content, leading to memory corruption across Safari, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tv…KEVEPSS 1.6%analysed

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-4642), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.