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CVE-2005-2370: ekg Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-769-1
Published 26-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2370 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in ekg. EPSS estimates a 2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.32%
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 5 · Duplicates 1
DSA-1318-1DSA-813-1DTSA-2-1DTSA-5-1RHSA-2005:639CVE-2005-2447

Timeline

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

Description

Multiple "memory alignment errors" in libgadu, as used in ekg before 1.6rc2, Gaim before 1.5.0, and other packages, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bus error) on certain architectures such as SPARC via an incoming message.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.32% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.32%

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
  • gaim< 1:1.2.1-1.4
Ekg1 product
  • ekg1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6_rc1 | 2005-04-11 | 2005-06-05
Rob_flynn1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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