CVE-1999-1502

HIGH 7.5CVE-1999-1502 · Published 08/04/1998 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1502 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting quake (id software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
quake id_software	`= 1.9`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflows in Quake 1.9 client allows remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary commands via long (1) precache paths, (2) server name, (3) server address, or (4) argument to the map console command.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/68 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/69 · Vendor Advisory

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