CVE-2005-1262
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
Gaim 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed MSN message.
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: 1.90%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 79
- 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/index.php?id=17
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13591
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0519
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10861
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=17
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13591
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0519
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10861
Raw JSON (NVD)
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