When was CVE-2005-1262 disclosed?

CVE-2005-1262 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 11, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-1262 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-1262 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 79.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-1262?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-1262, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-1262

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Gaim 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed MSN message.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 79.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

secalert@redhathttp://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=17
secalert@redhathttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13591
secalert@redhathttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0519
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10861
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=17
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13591
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0519
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10861

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