{"cve":"CVE-2007-5248","nvd":{"published":"2007-10-06T17:17:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:45:44.297","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-134"],"references":["http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/d3engfspb-adv.txt","http://aluigi.org/poc/d3engfspb.zip","http://secunia.com/advisories/27002","http://secunia.com/advisories/27023","http://secunia.com/advisories/27036"],"products":["id_software:doom_3","id_software:quake_4","take2games:prey"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:48:28.501292361+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2007-5248","score":0.07483,"percentile":0.94477,"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."]}