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CVE-2004-0008
Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and…
High7.5EPSS 8.5%
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- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.5% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- 20040127 [slackware-security] GAIM security update (SSA:2004-026-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-434 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:820 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 3734 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20040126 Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net/advisories/001.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200401-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1008850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20040127 Ultramagnetic Advisory #001: Multiple vulnerabilities in Gaim code (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 20040126 Advisory 01/2004: 12 x Gaim remote overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- gaim-directim-bo(14937) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#779614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- CLA-2004:813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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