CVE-2007-5248: Id Software Doom 3

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 7.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Id Software Doom 3: up to and including 1.3.1
• Id Software Quake 4: up to and including 1.4.2
• TAKE2GAMES Prey: up to and including 1.3

Published 2007-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.