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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.86% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- rob flynn/gaim · gentoo/linux · slackware/slackware linux · ubuntu/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.