CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2236

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Quake 3 Engine, used by ET 2.60, Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.41, and Quake III Arena 1.32b, in the remapShader command. A remote attacker can send a long string, leading to arbitrary code execution.

Risk Assessment

The organization is at risk of remote code execution on game servers or client machines, potentially leading to data theft, malware installation, or service disruption.

Recommendation

Immediately update the software to the latest versions or apply security patches provided by the vendor. If updating is not possible, restrict access to game servers to trusted networks only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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