VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-2103

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability16.05%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-08-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Primary references