server/sv_main.c in Quake3 Arena, as used in ioquake3 before r1762, OpenArena, Tremulous…
Priority LOW 38CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0211 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-5077
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hm3f-28vq-g8gm
References
Advisory 1
Other 6
- http://openarena.ws/board/index.php?topic=4391.0
- http://www.urbanterror.info/forums/topic/27825-drdos/
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665656
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.games.ioquake3/961
- [oss-security] 20120326 Re: CVE-2010 Request: quake3 / openarena-server: DDoS by processing 'getstatus' and 'rcon' packets
- http://www.ioquake.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1694
Sources
- CVE-2010-5077 · CVE Program
- CVE-2010-5077 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hm3f-28vq-g8gm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2010-5077 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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