CVE-1999-1505 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in id Software's QuakeWorld 2.10. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a crafted, long initial connect packet, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quakeworld:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.