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TI-2005-00906 Aliases CVE-2005-0966GHSA-gfx6-95r4-jp6g

The IRC protocol plugin in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows (1) remote…

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02477 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.2.0VulnerableRob Flynn
  • cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Rob Flynn

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0966
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gfx6-95r4-jp6g

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 2

  • TI-2004-00808 Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2000-01160 Buffer overflow in Gaim 0.10.3 and earlier using the OSCAR protocol allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2005-01191 Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL parsing function in Gaim before 1.3.0 allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00008 Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00007 Buffer overflow in the Extract Info Field Function for (1) MSN and (2) YMSG protocol… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2004-00006 Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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