Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnect) via a long message, whic
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
- May 2, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.6% · 84th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
21
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| activision | call of duty | cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty |
| activision | call of duty united offensive | cpe:2.3:a:activision:call_of_duty_united_offensive |
| activision | return to castle wolfenstein | cpe:2.3:a:activision:return_to_castle_wolfenstein |
| id software | quake 3 arena | cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_arena |
| id software | quake 3 arena server | cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_arena_server |
| id software | quake 3 engine | cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine |
| id software | wolfenstein enemy territory | cpe:2.3:a:id_software:wolfenstein_enemy_territory |
| lucasarts | star wars jedi knight ii jedi outcast | cpe:2.3:a:lucasarts:star_wars_jedi_knight_ii_jedi_outcast |
| lucasarts | star wars jedi knight jedi academy | cpe:2.3:a:lucasarts:star_wars_jedi_knight_jedi_academy |
| raven software | soldier of fortune 2 | cpe:2.3:a:raven_software:soldier_of_fortune_2 |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- activision call of duty1.4
- activision call of duty1.5b
- activision call of duty united offensive1.41
- activision call of duty united offensive1.51b
- activision return to castle wolfenstein1.0
- activision return to castle wolfenstein1.1
- id software quake 3 arena1.1.7
- id software quake 3 arena1.16
- id software quake 3 arena1.31
- id software quake 3 arena server1.29f
- id software quake 3 arena server1.29g
- id software quake 3 engineall versions
- id software wolfenstein enemy territory1.0.2
- id software wolfenstein enemy territory2.56
- lucasarts star wars jedi knight ii jedi outcast1.0.4
- lucasarts star wars jedi knight jedi academy1.0.11
- raven software soldier of fortune 21.0.2
- raven software soldier of fortune 21.0.3
Same product
activision: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2006-5058Buffer overflow in (1) Call of Duty 1.5b and earlier, (2) Call of Duty United Offensive 1.51b and earlier, and (3) Call of Duty 2 1.3 and ea33Monitor
- CVE-2004-1664Call of Duty 1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (game end) via a large (1) query or (2) reply packet, whic22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?p=27322
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111246796918067&w=2
- secunia.com/advisories/14811
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12976
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.