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CVE-2005-0966

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0966 describes multiple vulnerabilities within the IRC protocol plugin of Gaim 1.2.0 and earlier versions. Attackers can inject arbitrary Gaim or Pango markup via various IRC messages, leading to information disclosure or the popping up of empty dialog boxes. Additionally, malicious IRC servers can trigger a denial of service by injecting specific Pango markup into certain message handling functions. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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-2005-0966Important

security flaw

Apr 1, 2005

References

gaim.sourceforge.net / security/index.php
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/14815
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19937
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19939
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9185
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-365.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/13003