CVE-2005-1852

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.58% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory lwn.net Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory kde.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16140 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9532 vdb entry signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-26.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14345 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16242 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-23.xml patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2 mailing list
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-639.html vendor advisory
http://lwn.net/Articles/144724/ patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16211 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16155 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1852?
CVE-2005-1852 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1852?
To fix CVE-2005-1852, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1852 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-1852 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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