CVE-2017-11721 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in ioquake3 before 2017-08-02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted packet.

Published: 2017-08-03

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 2.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ioquake3:ioquake3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-3948-1	ioquake3 security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-3331	Buffer overflow in ioquake3 before 2017-08-02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted packet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

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 0.02517.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3941
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3948
https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3/commit/d2b1d124d4055c2fcbe5126863487c52fd58cca1

History

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Subscriptions

Ioquake3 Ioquake3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-03T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:19:38.480Z

Reserved: 2017-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11721

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-08-03T08:29:00.257

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:02:15.270

Link: CVE-2017-11721

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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