CVE-2001-1289

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-07-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Quake 3 arena 1.29f and 1.29g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed connection packet that begins with several char-255 characters.

Affected products

Id Software Quake 3 Arena: 1.29f, 1.29g

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0748.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3123
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-07/0748.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3123

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