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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2006-3401 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in Quake 3 Engine as used by Quake 3: Arena 1.32b and 1.32c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servic…

published 2006-07-06 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3397

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in Quake 3 Engine as used by Quake 3: Arena 1.32b and 1.32c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute code via long CS_ITEMS values.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1977)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1977 Quake 3 Engine Client (Windows x86) - CS_ITEms Remote Overflow dos, 2006-07-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18777 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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