Vulnerability · Published Jun 24, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-15007
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the rbdoom3bfg package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A buffer overflow in the M_LoadDefaults function in m_misc.c in id Tech 1 (aka Doom engine) allows arbitrary code execution via an unsafe usage of fscanf, because it does not limit the number of characters to be read in a format argument.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | rbdoom3bfg | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15007 |
| Debian:13 | rbdoom3bfg | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15007 |
| Debian:14 | rbdoom3bfg | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15007 |