CVE-2017-6903

7.8 HIGH
Published: March 14, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

In ioquake3 before 2017-03-14, the auto-downloading feature has insufficient content restrictions. This also affects Quake III Arena, OpenArena, OpenJK, iortcw, and other id Tech 3 (aka Quake 3 engine) forks. A malicious auto-downloaded file can trigger loading of crafted auto-downloaded files as native code DLLs. A malicious auto-downloaded file can contain configuration defaults that override the user's. Executable bytecode in a malicious auto-downloaded file can set configuration variables to values that will result in unwanted native code DLLs being loaded, resulting in sandbox escape.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857699
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3812
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=857699
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK/commit/8956a35e7b91c4a0dd1fa6db1d28c7f0efbab2d7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3/commit/376267d534476a875d8b9228149c4ee18b74a4fd
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3/commit/b173ac05993f634a42be3d3535e1b158de0c3372
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/ioquake/ioq3/commit/f61fe5f6a0419ef4a88d46a128052f2e8352e85d
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/commit/11a83410153756ae350a82ed41b08d128ff7f998
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/commit/b248763e4878ef12d5835ece6600be8334f67da1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/iortcw/iortcw/commit/b6ff2bcb1e4e6976d61e316175c6d7c99860fe20
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
67th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

ioquake3