{"id":"CVE-2004-0891","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-0891","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:06.496Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2005-01-27T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:06:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":10,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["rob flynn/gaim","gentoo/linux","slackware/slackware linux","ubuntu/ubuntu linux"],"epss":{"score":0.06862,"percentile":0.94004,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0891","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}