CVE-2005-1852

Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message.

Published: 2005-07-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1852 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.58%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1852

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 10.01% 5.58% -4.43%
2 2025-03-29 5.60% 10.01% +4.42%
3 2025-03-17 — 5.60% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1852

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1852

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1852

vendor priority summary link
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1852
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1852/
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1852 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (ekg, kdenetwork), 8 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, released 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1852

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1852

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ekg ekg 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.1_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.1_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.5_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.5_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.5_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kde 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
centericq centericq — cpe:2.3:a:centericq:centericq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kadu kadu — cpe:2.3:a:kadu:kadu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1852

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