CVE-2004-2593

Quake Ii Server vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.8%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in command-packet processing of Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet with a long cmd_args buffer.

Affected vendor

Id Software

Affected product

Quake Ii Server

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2004-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

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