VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0965
The gaim_markup_strip_html function in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that contains malformed HTML, which causes an out-of-bounds read.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The gaim_markup_strip_html function in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that contains malformed HTML, which causes an out-of-bounds read.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.32% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- rob flynn/gaim
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=13Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238715307356&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14815Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12999
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11292
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=13Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238715307356&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14815Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12999
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11292
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.