CVE-2005-2103

CRITICAL

Gaim < 1.5.0 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: rule

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Brandon Perry · textdoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26139

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (8)

[Broken Link] http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22

[Broken Link] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html

[Broken Link] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded

[Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531

[Broken Link] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477

[Broken Link] https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.2585

EPSS Percentile 96.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-131

Status published

Products (1)

gaim_project/gaim < 1.5.0

Published Aug 16, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026