CVE-2006-1618

Exp

Format 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 execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an argument to the JOIN command, and possibly other command arguments.

Published: 2006-04-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1618 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.19%, 96th percentile). 2 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-2006-1618

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27566 exploit_db edb 2005-04-03 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1618

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 2026-06-15 26.40% 13.19% -13.21%
2 2025-03-30 25.21% 26.40% +1.19%
3 2025-03-29 — 25.21% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1618

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1618

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1618

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2006-1618: 1 GLSA(s) (200604-05), 1 atom(s) (games-fps/doomsday); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1618

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1618

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
doomsday doomsday 1.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:doomsday:doomsday:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1618

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