CVE-2006-1618 (GCVE-0-2006-1618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-04-05 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:19
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1015860 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20060… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doomsdayfs-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/19519 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17369 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/19515 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1221 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2006-04-03 00:00
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