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CVE-2005-1852

Published: Jul 26, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an incoming message.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

n/an/a
ekgekg
Mixed
Communications / messaging-chat
kdekde
On-premDesktop App
Operating Systems / linux-distro
centericqcentericq
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
kadukadu
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
ekgCommunications
kdeoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka kde community
centericqoss-projectCommunications
kaduoss-projectCommunicationsaka kadu

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt
kde.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/16140
secunia.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9532
oval.cisecurity.org
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Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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