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CVE-2006-2236 json

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…

published 2006-05-08 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2237

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.8%
EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ioquake3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.36+svn1788j-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2236

  • ioquake3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.36+git.20210720-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10863-1

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1750)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1750 Quake 3 Engine 1.32b - 'R_RemapShader()' Remote Client Buffer Overflow remote, 2006-05-05
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17857 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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