Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2103
CVE-2005-2103
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.
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References
8- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- gaim.sourceforge.net/security/nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.htmlnvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477nvdBroken Link
- usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/nvdBroken Link
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