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CVE-2005-0208

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0208 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Gaim versions prior to 1.1.4, where malformed HTML can trigger an application crash due to an invalid memory access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service without impacting confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0320 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0208Important

security flaw

Feb 24, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
Patch
gaim.sourceforge.net / security
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/14386
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10477
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-03.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/795812
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-215.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/12660