# CVE-2005-0473: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the Gaim instant messenger application by sending malformed HTML, requiring user interaction to view the content.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7mfh-mcrc-hgxh

## What is CVE-2005-0473?

CVE-2005-0473 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, published on 19 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 1.1.3 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-2005-0208.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0473?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Rob Flynn Gaim.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-0473?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0473 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-0473 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux

- [CVE-2004-1187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1187/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1188/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0041/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1042](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1042/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2000-1043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2000-1043/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0473 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-0473 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, published on 19 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0473 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0473/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0473/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0473
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0473
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0473

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.