Red Storm Rainbow Six Nickname memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
5.1$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Storm Rainbow Six. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Nickname Handler. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1261. No exploit exists. Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has an historic impact. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Storm Rainbow Six (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component Nickname Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Rainbow Six Multiplayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary commands, via a long nickname (nick) command.
The CPE mapping of CVE-1999-1261 appears to be wrong. The entry is about Rainbow Six and not Metamail.

The weakness was disclosed 10/24/1997 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1261. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/17/2026). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (1772). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/24/1997 🔍
10/24/1997 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +6081 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14007
X-Force: 1772 - Rainbow Six server can be crashed with long nicknames

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 16:36
Updated: 04/17/2026 01:43
Changes: 06/18/2014 16:36 (41), 02/06/2018 08:43 (11), 04/17/2026 01:43 (19)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Might our Artificial Intelligence support you?

Check our Alexa App!