CVE-2005-1261

Gaim vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

12.4%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL parsing function in Gaim before 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an instant message (IM) with a large URL.

Affected vendor

Rob Flynn

Affected product

Gaim

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2005-05-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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