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medium 5.0

CVE-2004-2592 json

Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a m…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2583

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a modified client that asks the server to send data stored at a negative array offset, which is not handled when processing Configstrings and Baselines.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-24710)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24710 ID Software Quake II Server 3.2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities dos, 2004-10-27
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1011979 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/13013 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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