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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2103 · published 16 August 2005

CVE-2005-2103: Gaim project gaim vulnerability

Gaim Project · Gaim

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 16% · top 3.2% CWE-131 · CWE-131
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
16%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477 Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/ 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
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477 Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/ Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2103), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.