Vulnerability in Id Software Quake 3 Arena

CVE-2001-1289

Quake 3 arena 1.29f and 1.29g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed connection packet that begins with several char-255 characters.

EPSS: 0.052 (91.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Id_software Quake_3_arena — versions 1.29f, 1.29g
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)