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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1852 · published 26 July 2005

CVE-2005-1852: Ekg vulnerability

Ekg · Ekg

Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.7% · top 8.5% CWE-189 · CWE-189
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
4.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lwn.net/Articles/144724/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16140 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16155 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16211 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16242 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-23.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-26.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-639.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14345 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9532
http://lwn.net/Articles/144724/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16140 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16155 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16211 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16242 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-23.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-26.xml
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-639.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14345 Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9532

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1852), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.