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CVE-2019-20797

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-20797 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in e6y prboom-plus 2.5.1.5, specifically within the client and server code handling UDP packets, as seen in functions like I_SendPacket. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and without user interaction, leading to high availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has garnered minimal community or media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.5.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:prboom-plus_project:prboom-plus:2.5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0269 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00028.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/77J22ZEQXS5SAYZGBDJ475AKFFJNKX5L
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WS7GRZUIHCGLFET33MGC3PEKCH37W6
logicaltrust.net / blog/2019/10/prboom1.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/prboom-plus/bugs/252
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / p/prboom-plus/bugs/253
Third Party Advisory