CVE-2004-0008

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Rob Flynn Gaim: through 0.74
Ultramagnetic: through 0.81

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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107522338611564&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107522432613022&w=2
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200401-04.xml
http://ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net/advisories/001.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/779614

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