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CVE-2004-0891

Published: Oct 21, 2004Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
6.9%
Top 6.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
gaimrob flynn
On-prem
Communications / messaging-chat
linuxgentoo
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
slackware linuxslackware
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ubuntu linuxubuntu
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
rob flynnindividual-devCommunications
gentoooss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gentoo linux
slackwareoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka slackware linux
ubuntucommercialGBOperating Systemsaka ubuntu linux

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
bugzilla.fedora.us
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
gentoo.org
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Timeline

Published
Oct 21, 2004
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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