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CVE-1999-1261 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in Rainbow Six Multiplayer allows remote att)

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.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1261
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1997-10-24
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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