CVE-1999-1502 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long (1) precache paths, (2) server name, (3) server address, or (4) argument to the map console command.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1483	Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long (1) precache paths, (2) server name, (3) server address, or (4) argument to the map console command.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00969.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89205623028934&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69

History

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Subscriptions

Id Software Quake

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.563Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1502

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-04-08T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1502

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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