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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…
High10.0EPSS 6.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 29 days later
· 29 days 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- gaim-msn-slp-dos(17787) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FLSA:2188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200410-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11790 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- USN-8-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- gaim-file-transfer-dos(17790) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:604 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- gaim-msn-slp-bo(17786) (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)
- 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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