CVE-2004-0005

high-risk
Published 2004-03-03

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.

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22.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 78% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Gaim Project

References (36)

Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html
Broken Link http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813
Exploit http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2
Broken Link http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html
Broken Link http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434
Third Party Advisory http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/190366
Third Party Advisory http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/226974
Third Party Advisory http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404470
Third Party Advisory http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655974
Broken Link http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_04_gaim.html
Broken Link http://www.osvdb.org/3736
Broken Link http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850
Mailing List http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slack...
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14935
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14938
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14942
Third Party Advisory https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14944
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200401-04
Broken Link http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html
Broken Link http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813
and 16 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 14/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal