Format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf function in acesrc/acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in a nickname.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4754 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.80%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30566 | exploit_db | edb | 2007-09-05 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 17.12% | 4.80% | -12.32% |
| 2 | 2026-04-27 | 13.82% | 17.12% | +3.30% |
| 3 | 2026-02-27 | — | 13.82% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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medium | CVE-2007-4754 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (alien-arena), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4754 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2007-4754 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (alien-arena), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4754 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| cor_entertainment | alien_arena_2007 | <= 6.10 | cpe:2.3:a:cor_entertainment:alien_arena_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |