Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-15007

critical

CVE-2020-15007

A buffer overflow in the M_LoadDefaults function in m_misc.c in id Tec ...

Published Modified CWE 120
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

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 and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11rbdoom3bfgno fix listed
debian 12rbdoom3bfgno fix listed
debian 13rbdoom3bfgno fix listed
debian 14rbdoom3bfgno fix listed
echorbdoom3bfgno fix listed
rapidfort debian 12rbdoom3bfgno fix listed
rapidfort debian 13rbdoom3bfgno fix listed

References

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