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CVE-2005-0472

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0472 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Gaim versions prior to 1.1.3, affecting products from vendors like Mandrakesoft and Red Hat. Remote attackers could trigger an infinite loop by sending malformed SNAC packets over AIM or ICQ. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0530 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0472Important

security flaw

Feb 17, 2005

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
gaim.sourceforge.net / security/index.php
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/14322
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19380
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10433
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-716
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-03.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/839280
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
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-432.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/12589