CVE-2007-4754 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Format string vulnerability in the safe_bprintf function in acesrc/acebot_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2007 6.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in a nickname.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12199.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cor_entertainment:alien_arena_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Cor Entertainment Subscribe	Alien Arena 2007 Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/aa2k7x-adv.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-09/0049.html
http://osvdb.org/40507
http://secunia.com/advisories/26819
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3105
http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6843&start=1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/478628/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25559
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3169
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36463

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-08T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.741Z

Reserved: 2007-09-07T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4754

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-09-08T01:17:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-4754

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-134

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