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CVE-2005-3888· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Memory leak in Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple DCC packets with a code other than 2 and a l

Memory leak in Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple DCC packets with a code other than 2 and a large size field, which allocates memory for the packet but does not free it after the packet has been dropped.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Nov 29, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.2% · 81th percentile
CWE
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Action score

32

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
gadu-gadugadu-gadu instant messenger

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • gadu-gadu gadu-gadu instant messenger7.20

Same product

gadu-gadu: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    32Monitor
  • CVE-2005-3890Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and configuration loss) via a page with a large number of gg: URI
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2005-3889Gadu-Gadu 7.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via multiple DCC packets with a code of 6 or 7, which triggers a large n
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1676Heap-based buffer overflow in the image sending feature in Gadu-Gadu 6.0 build 149 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a c
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  • CVE-2004-1229Cross-site scripting vulnerability in the parser for Gadu-Gadu allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) http:/
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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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