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    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.

    Published:Aug 8, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Aug 16, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.25854
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gaim Project
    Product
    Gaim
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26139

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers
    CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

    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
    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/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High