CVE-2005-1934

Description

Gaim before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed MSN message that leads to a memory allocation of a large size, possibly due to an integer signedness error.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.46% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A263	signature vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13932	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:099	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-518.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-734	vendor advisory
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1205290&group_id=235&atid=100235	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10368	signature vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-11.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1934?: CVE-2005-1934 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1934?: To fix CVE-2005-1934, 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-2005-1934 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1934 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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