CVE-1999-1502

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1998-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long (1) precache paths, (2) server name, (3) server address, or (4) argument to the map console command.

Affected products

Id Software Quake: 1.9

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89205623028934&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89205623028934&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69

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