CVE-2020-15007
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2020 at 10:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:55 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsTech 1Doom Vanille
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 671
Affected range stops below 671, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/AXDOOMER/doom-vanille/commit/8a6d9a02fa991a91ff90ccdc73b5ceabaa6cb9ecx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/notrevenant/status/1268654123903340544CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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