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    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 copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

    Published:Oct 19, 2004
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 21, 2004
    EPSS Score:0.05439
    CVSS Score:10

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Rob Flynn
    Product
    Gaim
    Vendor
    Slackware
    Product
    Slackware Linux
    Vendor
    Ubuntu
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html
    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=9
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html
    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/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High