CVE-2005-1934

Gaim before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed MSN message that leads to a memory allocation of a large size, possibly due to an integer signedness error.

Published: 2005-05-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1934 is rated Moderate Risk (48.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1934

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 3.05% 2.46% -0.59%
2 2025-03-29 2.46% 3.05% +0.59%
3 2025-03-17 — 2.46% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1934

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1934

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1934

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1934
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1934 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gaim), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1934

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1934

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rob_flynn gaim <= 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1934

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