CVE-2006-2875

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the CL_ParseDownload function of Quake 3 Engine 1.32c and earlier, as used in multiple products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a svc_download command with compressed data that triggers the overflow during expansion.

Published: 2006-06-07 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2875 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.5/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.13%, 91th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2875

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27969 exploit_db edb 2006-06-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2875

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 2026-05-21 4.45% 6.13% +1.67%
2 2025-03-30 6.40% 4.45% -1.95%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.40% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2875

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2875

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2875

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-2875 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (ioquake3), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2875

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2875

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
id_software quake_3_engine <= 1.32c cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2875

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