{"cve":"CVE-2007-4642","nvd":{"published":"2007-08-31T23:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:44:29.470","status":"Modified","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in Doomsday (aka deng) 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long chat (PKT_CHAT) message that is not properly handled by the (1) D_NetPlayerEvent function in d_net.c or the (2) Msg_Write function in net_msg.c, or (3) many commands that are not properly handled by the NetSv_ReadCommands function in d_netsv.c; or (4) cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a chat (PKT_CHAT) message without a final '\\0' character.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/dumsdei-adv.txt","http://aluigi.org/poc/dumsdei.zip","http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190835","http://secunia.com/advisories/26524","http://secunia.com/advisories/28821"],"products":["doomsday:doomsday"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-4642","score":0.16309,"percentile":0.96957,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}