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CVE-2006-3324

Published: Jun 30, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

Description

The Automatic Downloading option in the id3 Quake 3 Engine and the Icculus Quake 3 Engine (ioquake3) before revision 804 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files in the quake3 directory (fs_homepath cvar) via a long string of filenames, as contained in the neededpaks buffer.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

quake 3 engine id software

Mixed

Consumer Software / gaming

id softwarecommercialUSConsumer Softwareaka idsoftware

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://svn.icculus.org/quake3?rev=804&view=rev

svn.icculus.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438660/100/0/threaded

securityfocus.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438515/100/0/threaded

securityfocus.com

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Timeline

Published

Jun 30, 2006

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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