CVE-2005-2103: Gaim Project Gaim

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 16.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the AIM and ICQ module in Gaim before 1.5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an away message with a large number of AIM substitution strings, such as %t or %n.

Affected products

• Gaim Project Gaim: before 1.5.0 (fixed in 1.5.0)

Published 2005-08-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.