Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)
Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.
- Published
- Jan 27, 2005
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 6.9% · 94th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
42
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 6.9%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| rob flynn | gaim | cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim |
| gentoo | linux | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux |
| slackware | slackware linux | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux |
| ubuntu | ubuntu linux | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- gentoo linuxall versions
- gentoo linux1.4
- rob flynn gaim0.10
- rob flynn gaim0.10.3
- rob flynn gaim0.50
- rob flynn gaim0.51
- rob flynn gaim0.52
- rob flynn gaim0.53
- rob flynn gaim0.54
- rob flynn gaim0.55
- rob flynn gaim0.56
- rob flynn gaim0.57
- rob flynn gaim0.58
- rob flynn gaim0.59
- rob flynn gaim0.59.1
- rob flynn gaim0.60
- rob flynn gaim0.61
- rob flynn gaim0.62
- rob flynn gaim0.63
- rob flynn gaim0.64
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- C · data can be read
- Integrity
- C · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- C · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- C
- Integrity impact
- C
- Availability impact
- C
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html
- bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.