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CVE-2004-0500
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- FEDORA-2004-278 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-279 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200408-27 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2004:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- GLSA-200408-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- gaim-msn-bo(16920) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9429 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:400 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 10865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2004-0499 (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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