Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnect) via a long message, which is not properly truncated and causes the engine to process the remaining data as if it were network data
Published Apr 5, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.56%
Description
Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnect) via a long message, which is not properly truncated and causes the engine to process the remaining data as if it were network data.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.4
- 1.5b
- 1.41
- 1.51b
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.1.7
- 1.16
- 1.31
- 1.29f
- 1.29g
- n/a
- 1.0.2
- 2.56
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.11
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 2.56% (0.02555) | 84.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.56% (0.02555) | 82.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 78.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.66% (0.01658) | 88.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 12, 2024 | 1.66% (0.01658) | 87.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.95% (0.01950) | 86.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3msgboom-adv.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?p=27322 x_refsource_MISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111246796918067&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14811 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12976 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3msgboom-adv.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?p=27322 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111246796918067&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14811 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12976 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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