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Unscored severity · published May 2, 2005
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,…
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CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GA
Gaim · Rob Flynn
1.2.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
GA
Gaim
Rob Flynn
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0966
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0966
Vendor Advisory
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=14
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238715307356&w=2
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/14815
Patch
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=235&release_id=317750
www.mandriva.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071
www.novell.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
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