CVE-2005-2103

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-131

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.

Affected products

Gaim Project Gaim: before 1.5.0 — fixed in 1.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gaim Project Gaim 1.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html

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