CVE-2006-2875

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2875
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-07 00:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:43:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the CL_ParseDownload function of Quake 3 Engine 1.32c and earlier, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a svc_download command with compressed data that triggers the overflow during expansion.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Id Software Quake 3 Engine All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cbof-adv.txt MISC aluigi.altervista.org
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Quake 3 Buffer Overflow in CL_ParseDownload() Permits Remote Code Execution SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - Quake3 Engine File Overwrite And Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Quake 3 Engine CL_ParseDownload Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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