Vulnerability in Rob Flynn Gaim
CVE-2005-0966
The IRC protocol plugin in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows (1) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Gaim markup via irc_msg_kick, irc_msg_mode, irc_msg_part, irc_msg_quit, (2) remote attackers to inject arbitrary Pango markup and pop up empty dialog boxes via irc_msg_invite, or (3) malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by injecting certain Pango markup into irc_msg_badmode, irc_msg_banned, irc_msg_unknown, irc_msg_nochan functions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rob Flynn Gaim — versions 1.2.0
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9185 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/14815 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19939 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13003 (vdb-entry)
- gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php (Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19937 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html (vendor-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)