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CVE-2006-2236

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2236 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Quake 3 Engine, impacting games like ET 2.60, Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.41, and Quake III Arena 1.32b. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending a specially crafted, long remapShader command. With a CVSS score of 7.6, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite requiring high attack complexity. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog or showing significant community discussion or media coverage, a public exploit (EDB-1750) exists, indicating potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.32bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_arena:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.32bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:return_to_castle_wolfenstein:1.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:wolfenstein_enemy_territory:2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1750 · May 5, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0759 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/19984
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20065
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26264
exploit-db.com / exploits/1750
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-12.xml
osvdb.org / 25279
securityfocus.com / archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17857
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1676