CVE-2006-3401

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Quake 3 Engine as used by Quake 3: Arena 1.32b and 1.32c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute code via long CS_ITEMS values.

Published: 2006-07-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3401 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.00%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.46% 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-2006-3401

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1977 exploit_db edb 2006-07-02 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3401

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 2025-08-14 5.54% 10.00% +4.46%
2 2025-03-30 5.82% 5.54% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 — 5.82% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3401

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-2006-3401

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3401

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
id_software quake_3_engine 1.32b cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
id_software quake_3_engine 1.32c cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:1.32c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
id_software quake_3_engine icculus_812 cpe:2.3:a:id_software:quake_3_engine:icculus_812:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3401

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