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CVE-2004-2593
Buffer overflow in command-packet processing of Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in command-packet processing of Quake II server before R1Q2, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a packet with a long cmd_args buffer.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10.0% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://web.archive.org/web/20041130092749/www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1011979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- quake-cmdargs-bo(17891) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 11182 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 13013 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secur1ty.net/advisories/001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20041027 Multiple Vulnerabilites in Quake II Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2584 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-2593)Record last updated .