CVE-2004-0005
CRITICALEPSS 95th pctlDescription
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.
How to fix
No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.
Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.
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CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-193 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-3156 | High | 7.8 | 99% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2003-0466 | Critical | 9.8 | 78% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-44444 | High | 7.8 | 56% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2021-23017 | High | 7.7 | 53% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2023-28709 | High | 7.5 | 52% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2018-8828 | Critical | 9.8 | 31% | - | Fix |
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