CVE-2001-1289

Exp

Quake 3 arena 1.29f and 1.29g allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed connection packet that begins with several char-255 characters.

Published: 2001-07-29 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1289 is rated High Exploit Risk (71/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.21%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.99% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-1289

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21042 exploit_db edb 2001-07-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1289

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.22% 5.21% +3.99%
2 2025-03-30 1.63% 1.22% -0.41%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.63% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1289

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1289

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1289

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
id_software quake_3_arena 1.29f cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_arena:1.29f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
id_software quake_3_arena 1.29g cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_arena:1.29g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1289

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