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.
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
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/190366
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/226974
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/404470
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655974
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_04_gaim.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/3736
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.361158
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14935
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14938
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14942
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14944
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200401-04
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