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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2004-2593 json

Buffer overflow in command-packet processing of Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2584

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in command-packet processing of Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet with a long cmd_args buffer.

Exploit prediction

3.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.