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CVE-2005-2103

CRITICAL

9.8

Description

Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published8/16/2005

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gaim_project:gaim

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-131CWE-131

References

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531(secalert@redhat.com)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477(secalert@redhat.com)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/(secalert@redhat.com)

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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