The gaim_markup_strip_html function in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…

Description

The gaim_markup_strip_html function in Gaim 1.2.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a string that contains malformed HTML, which causes an out-of-bounds read.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• MDKSA-2005:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• FLSA:158543 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 14815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 12999 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2005:365 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20050401 multiple remote denial of service vulnerabilities in Gaim (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2005:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 21:35 UTC.