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CVE-2006-2236

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the Quake 3 Engine, as used by (1) ET 2.60, (2) Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.41, and (3) Quake III Arena 1.32b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long remapShader command.

Affected products

• Id Software Quake 3 Arena: 1.32b
• Id Software Quake 3 Engine: 1.32b
• Id Software Return To Castle Wolfenstein: 1.41
• Id Software Wolfenstein Enemy Territory: 2.60

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/19984
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20065
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-12.xml
• http://www.osvdb.org/25279
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17857
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1676
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26264
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1750
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19984
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20065
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-12.xml

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