# CVE-2005-1852: 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 pack

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-07-26 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16140
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9532
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-26.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14345
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16242
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-23.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-639.html
- http://lwn.net/Articles/144724/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16155

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