CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1502

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.94%

77th percentile - higher than 77% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long precache paths, server names, server addresses, or arguments to the map console command.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could lead to remote code execution, posing a significant security risk to systems using this client.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Quake client to the latest version and to monitor and restrict access to trusted servers.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long (1) precache paths, (2) server name, (3) server address, or (4) argument to the map console command.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS