Vulnerability Intelligence Report
CVE-2004-0891
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
10.0
HIGH
EPSS Probability:6.86%
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| rob_flynn | gaim | 0.10, 0.10.3, 0.50, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.54, 0.55, 0.56, 0.57, 0.58, 0.59, 0.59.1, 0.60, 0.61, 0.62, 0.63, 0.64, 0.65, 0.66, 0.67, 0.68, 0.69, 0.70, 0.71, 0.72, 0.73, 0.74, 0.75, 0.78, 0.82, 0.82.1, 1.0, 1.0.1 |
| gentoo | linux | 1.4 |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, current |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 4.1 |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
6.862%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | MITRE Corporation · N/A · USA |
| Reserved | 2004-09-22T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2004-10-21T04:00:00 |
| Patch Date | 2004-10-20 |
| Last Updated | 2024-08-08T00:31:47 |
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