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CVE-2006-2875

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2875 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the CL_ParseDownload function of Quake 3 Engine 1.32c and earlier, impacting products utilizing this engine. This critical flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted svc_download command with compressed data that triggers the overflow during expansion. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is a high-severity vulnerability that is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.32cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27969 · Jun 5, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0678 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

aluigi.altervista.org / adv/q3cbof-adv.txt
secunia.com / advisories/20401
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securityfocus.com / archive/1/435963/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18271
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2129