CVE-2005-0573

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0573
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 03:12:00 UTC
DescriptionGaim 1.1.3 on Windows systems allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a file transfer in which the filename contains "(" or ")" (parenthesis) characters.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.3 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 1.1.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'[Full-Disclosure] GAIM exploit' - MARC FULLDISC marc.info
Gaim Can Be Crashed By Sending a Filename Containing a Parenthesis Character to a Remote User - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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