9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.42 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.3%
There is an off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability in the Gaim yahoo_decode()
function.
Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messenger available for a number of operating systems. It supports a variety of instant messaging protocols, including the Yahoo Messenger (YMSG) protocol. There is an off-by-one buffer overflow vulnerability in the yahoo_decode()
function. This function fails to properly decode octal values used for email notification functions. By supplying a specially crafted octal value, an unauthenticated, remote attacker may be able to cause a null byte to be overwritten.
An unauthenticated, remote attacker may cause a denial of service or potentially execute code of the attacker’s choice.
Upgrade
Upgrade to Gaim version 0.76 or later.
Apply a patch
The maintainers of Gaim have supplied a patch to address this vulnerability.
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Updated: April 29, 2004
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The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
This vulnerability has been addressed in versions 0.76 and later. A patch is also available to address this issue.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23404470 Feedback>).
Group | Score | Vector |
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Base | ||
Temporal | ||
Environmental |
This vulnerability was publicly reported by Stefan Esser of e-matters.
This document was written by Damon Morda.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2004-0005 |
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Severity Metric: | 7.88 Date Public: |
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.42 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.3%