CVE-2007-5248

Exp

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the ID Software Doom 3 engine, as used by Doom 3 1.3.1 and earlier, Quake 4 1.4.2 and earlier, and Prey 1.3 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a PB_Y packet to the YPG server or (2) a PB_U packet to UCON. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.

Published: 2007-10-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5248 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.54%, 93th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2007-5248

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30630 exploit_db edb 2007-10-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5248

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 2026-05-25 8.91% 10.54% +1.64%
2 2026-03-15 7.81% 8.91% +1.10%
3 2025-03-30 — 7.81% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5248

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5248

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5248

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
id_software doom_3 <= 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:id_software:doom_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
id_software quake_4 <= 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
take2games prey <= 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:take2games:prey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5248

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