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.
Published: 2005-08-16
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 25.9% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-168-1 Gaim vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.17504}

epss

{'score': 0.25854}


Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Gaim Project Gaim
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-16T19:43:45.313Z

Reserved: 2005-06-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2103

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:15:37.427Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2103

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2005-08-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2103 - Bugzilla

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