security flaw
Published Apr 4, 2005
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.48%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02477) | 83.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.48% (0.02477) | 82.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.93% (0.02929) | 85.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.06% (0.04063) | 80.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.93% (0.02929) | 85.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 8.42% (0.08419) | 94.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 10, 2024 | 6.93% (0.06934) | 94.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 11, 2024 | 3.84% (0.03838) | 91.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.30% (0.05301) | 91.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (16)
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=14 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111238715307356&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14815 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=235&release_id=317750 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:071 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13003 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0966 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617592 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19937 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19939 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0966
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9185 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0966
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.