CVE-2005-0983

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnect) via a long message, which is not properly truncated and causes the engine to process the remaining data as if it were network data.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3msgboom-adv.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://bani.anime.net/banimod/forums/viewtopic.php?p=27322
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111246796918067&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/14811
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12976
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
80th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

lucasarts activision raven_software id_software