CVE-2005-0967
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Gaim 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed file transfer request to a Jabber user, which leads to an out-of-bounds read.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.50%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 84
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14815
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013645
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1172115&group_id=235&atid=100235
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9657
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14815
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013645
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=1172115&group_id=235&atid=100235
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13004
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9657
Raw JSON (NVD)
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