CVE-2006-2875

critical

Description

Stack-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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2129

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18271

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435963/100/0/threaded

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016219

http://secunia.com/advisories/20401

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3cbof-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-06-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06405