7.5

CVE-2005-1852: ekg Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDSA-767-1
Published 26-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1852 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in ekg. EPSS estimates a 4.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.70%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DTSA-4-1RHSA-2005:639

Timeline

  1. 26-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.70%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.70% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.70%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • ekg< 1:1.5+20050411-5
Ekg1 product
  • ekg1.0 | 1.0_rc2 | 1.0_rc3 | 1.1 | 1.1_rc1 | 1.1_rc2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5_rc1 | 1.5_rc2
Kde1 product
  • kde3.2.3 | 3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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