CVE-2006-2236

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    CVE-2006-2236

    Published: 8 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the Quake 3 Engine, as used by (1) ET 2.60, (2) Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.41, and (3) Quake III Arena 1.32b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long remapShader command.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/19984, http://secunia.com/advisories/20065, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1676, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17857, http://secunia.com/advisories/19984, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-12.xml, http://www.osvdb.org/25279, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433349/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26264, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1750

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High