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…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- MDKSA-2005:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- FLSA:158543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9185 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- gaim-ircmsginvite-dos(19939) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 13003 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- gaim-irc-plugin-bo(19937) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:365 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20050401 multiple remote denial of service vulnerabilities in Gaim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=235&release_id=317750 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0967 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0966)Record last updated .