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: 2004-10-21
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 5.4% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-0889 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8-1 gaim vulnerabilities
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Gentoo Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Rob Flynn Gaim
Slackware Slackware Linux
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:31:47.791Z

Reserved: 2004-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-0891

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-01-27T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0891

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2004-10-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2004-0891 - Bugzilla

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