CVE-2007-4644

Exp

Format 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 Doomsday servers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a PSV_CONSOLE_TEXT message.

Published: 2007-08-31 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4644 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.87%). 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-2007-4644

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4644

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 2026-04-19 1.80% 1.87% +0.07%
2 2025-11-15 1.68% 1.80% +0.11%
3 2025-09-25 — 1.68% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4644

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-2007-4644

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4644

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-4644: 1 GLSA(s) (200802-02), 1 atom(s) (games-fps/doomsday); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-4644

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4644

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
doomsday doomsday <= 1.9.0_beta5.1 cpe:2.3:a:doomsday:doomsday:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4644

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