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.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5248
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36899
• 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
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3196
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481229/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25893
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3333