CVE-2005-1261: Rob Flynn Gaim

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 12.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL parsing function in Gaim before 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an instant message (IM) with a large URL.

Affected products

• Rob Flynn Gaim: version 0.10 only; version 0.10.3 only; version 0.50 only; version 0.51 only; version 0.52 only; version 0.53 only; …

Published 2005-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.