CVE-2005-2103

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.

• CWE-131
• CWE-131

• http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22Broken Link
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477Broken Link
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/Broken Link
• http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22Broken Link
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477Broken Link
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/Broken Link

Published

Aug 16, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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