Is CVE-2007-5248 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2007-5248 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2007-5248?

CVE-2007-5248 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2007-5248?

CVE-2007-5248 has an EPSS score of 7.48% (94th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2007-5248?

No published fix for CVE-2007-5248 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2007-5248

HIGHEPSS 94th pctl

9.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the ID Software Doom 3 engine, as used by Doom 3 1.3.1 and earlier, Quake 4 1.4.2 and earlier, and Prey 1.3 and earlier, when Punkbuster (PB) is enabled, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via format string specifiers in (1) a PB_Y packet to the YPG server or (2) a PB_U packet to UCON. NOTE: this issue might be in Punkbuster itself, but there are insufficient details to be certain.

CWE-134

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

7.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

94thpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 94% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory3

Other references5

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CVE-2020-13160	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22374	High	8.5	73%	-	-
CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
CVE-2012-3569	High	9.3	48%	-	-
CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.