CVE-2005-2102

The AIM/ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a filename that contains invalid UTF-8 characters.

Published: 2005-08-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2102 is rated Moderate Risk (47.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.27%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2102

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 1.24% 1.27% +0.03%
2 2025-03-29 1.27% 1.24% -0.03%
3 2025-03-17 1.27%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2102

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-2005-2102

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2102

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2102
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2102 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-2005-2102

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2102

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rob_flynn gaim 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2102

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