CVE-1999-1505: Id Software Quakeworld

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in QuakeWorld 2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long initial connect packet.

Affected products

• Id Software Quakeworld: version 2.10 only

Published 1998-04-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.