cve/2005/CVE-2005-0983.md

### [CVE-2005-0983](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0983)
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### Description

Quake 3 engine, as used in multiple games, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client disconnect) via a long message, which is not properly truncated and causes the engine to process the remaining data as if it were network data.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/q3msgboom-adv.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111246796918067&w=2

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.