CVE-2004-0005
Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1)…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 11.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, (2) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte, (3) a quoted printable string to the gaim_quotedp_decode MIME decoder that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, and (4) quoted printable encoding in gaim_quotedp_decode that causes a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.2% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- gaim-mime-decoder-oob(14944) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#226974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- DSA-434 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- gaim-mime-decoder-bo(14942) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2004:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSA:2004-026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- gaim-yahoodecode-offbyone-bo(14935) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040126 Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200401-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1008850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 3736 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040126 Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- VU#655974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#190366 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- CLA-2004:813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- VU#404470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- gaim-sscanf-oob(14938) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-0005 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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