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) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, (2) octal encoding in…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 11.21% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-193
- Affected
- gaim project/gaim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.htmlBroken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2Exploit, Mailing List
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/190366Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/226974Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404470Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655974Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_04_gaim.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/3736Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.361158Mailing List, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14935Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14938Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14942Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14944Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200401-04Third Party Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.htmlBroken Link
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813Broken Link
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2Exploit, Mailing List
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.htmlBroken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/190366Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/226974Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404470Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655974Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_04_gaim.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/3736Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.