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CVE-2005-2370
Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 16% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain architectures such as SPARC via an incoming message.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=20 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FLSA:158543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 24600 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20050721 Multiple vulnerabilities in libgadu and ekg package (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 16265 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1318 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10456 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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-2005-2371 (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)
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