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Vulnerability record · CVE-2010-5077 · published 27 October 2014

CVE-2010-5077: Ioquake3 engine improper input validation vulnerability

Ioquake3 · Ioquake3 Engine

server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network traffic amplification) via a spoofed (1) getstatus or (2) rcon request.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.1% · top 19.0% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
2.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (network traffic amplification) via a spoofed (1) getstatus or (2) rcon request.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=4391.0
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.games.ioquake3/961
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2442
http://www.ioquake.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1694
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522076
http://www.urbanterror.info/forums/topic/27825-drdos/
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665656
http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=4391.0
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.games.ioquake3/961
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2442
http://www.ioquake.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1694
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/26/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/522076
http://www.urbanterror.info/forums/topic/27825-drdos/
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665656

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2010-5077), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.