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CVE-1999-1230

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Quake 2 server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a spoofed UDP packet with a source address of 127.0.0.1, which causes the server to attempt to connect to itself.

Affected products

• Id Software Quake 2: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8282
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/698
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8282
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/698

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