CVE-2007-4642 describes multiple critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Doomsday (deng) versions 1.9.0-beta5.1 and earlier. These flaws allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted chat messages or commands. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no indication of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.9.0_beta5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:doomsday:doomsday:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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