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CVE-2004-0005 Detail

Description

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.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-193 Off-by-one Error cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0005
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2004
NVD Last Modified:
02/16/2024
Source:
MITRE