CVE-2005-0430 — The Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple game packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown game server) and possibly crash the server via a long infostring, possibly triggering a buffer overflow

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MEDIUM

The Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple game packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown game server) and possibly crash the server via a long infostring, possibly triggering a buffer overflow

Published Feb 16, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 7.52%

Description

The Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple game packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown game server) and possibly crash the server via a long infostring, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

7.52% 0.07516

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.07516

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	7.52% (0.07516)	94.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	7.52% (0.07516)	93.69th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.26% (0.01258)	78.02th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	1.33% (0.01334)	85.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	3.18% (0.03182)	91.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 24, 2024	3.42% (0.03421)	90.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	5.83% (0.05828)	92.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3infoboom-adv.txt
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110824822224025&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12534
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3infoboom-adv.txt		x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110824822224025&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12534		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 16, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Feb 15, 2005

Link CVE-2005-0430

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-0430

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-0430