Vulnerability in Ioquake3
CVE-2017-6903
In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. This also affects Quake III Arena, OpenArena, OpenJK, iortcw, and other id Tech 3 (aka Quake 3 engine) forks. A malicious auto-downloaded file can trigger loading of crafted auto-downloaded files as native code DLLs. A malicious auto-downloaded file can contain configuration defaults that override the user's. Executable bytecode in a malicious auto-downloaded file can set configuration variables to values that will result in unwanted native code DLLs being loaded, resulting in sandbox escape.
EPSS: 0.013 (67.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Ioquake3
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6903?
- CVE-2017-6903 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ioquake3. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6903?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.