9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2005-2103
Gaim AIM and ICQ Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 16, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 16, 2025, 8:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-2103 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Gaim_project gaim

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-2103 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-2103 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jan. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-131
  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22 No Types Assigned http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/ Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-131
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.59.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.69:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.82.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gaim_project:gaim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-168-1 [Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11477 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-2103 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2103 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

15.02 }} -2.66%

score

0.95809

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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