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CVE-2006-1618

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.1340%

EPSS Percentile37.93th

PublishedApr 5, 2006

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Format string vulnerability in the (1) Con_message and (2) conPrintf functions in con_main.c in Doomsday engine 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an argument to the JOIN command, and possibly other command arguments.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

📦

Doomsday

Doomsday

= 1.8.6

References & Advisories

🔗 http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doomsdayfs-adv.txt

🔗 http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/044865.html

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/19515

🔗 http://secunia.com/advisories/19519

🔗 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015860

🔗 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-05.xml

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429857/100/0/threaded

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17369

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