CVE-2005-0208 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 28 Feb 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the Gaim instant messaging client by sending malformed HTML, requiring user interaction to view the content.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2005-0208?

CVE-2005-0208 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The HTML parsing functions in Gaim before 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed HTML that causes "an invalid memory access," a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0473.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0208?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rob Flynn Gaim.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0208?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0208 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2005-0208 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0208 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2q3w-m82w-3h55.