CVE-2006-1403

Exp

Format string vulnerability in the PrintString function in c_console.cpp in client/server Doom (csDoom) 0.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in strings passed to the console.

Published: 2006-03-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1403 is rated High Exploit Risk (74/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-1403

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1403

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-04-21 1.06% 1.30% +0.24%
2 2025-03-30 0.93% 1.06% +0.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1403

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1403

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1403

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html">CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1403

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
csdoom csdoom_2005 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:csdoom:csdoom_2005:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1403

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