VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2020-15007

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability2.49%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-06-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-120

Primary references