CVE-2005-0430

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple game packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (shutdown game server) and possibly crash the server via a long infostring, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Id Software Quake 3 Engine: all versions

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3infoboom-adv.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110824822224025&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12534
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3infoboom-adv.txt
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110824822224025&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12534

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