CVE-2004-0500

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-09-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via MSNSLP protocol messages that are not properly handled in a strncpy call.

Affected products

gentoo Linux: 1.4
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 9.2, 10.0
Rob Flynn Gaim: 0.10, 0.10.3, 0.50, 0.51, 0.52, 0.53 (+23)

References

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=0
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:081
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_25_gaim.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10865
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16920
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9429
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=0

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