CVE-2004-0008

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 19.18% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory com.br Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory e-matters.de Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107522338611564&w=2	mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-434	vendor advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-032.html	patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A820	vdb entry signature
http://www.osvdb.org/3734	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107513690306318&w=2	mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9469	vdb entry signature
http://ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net/advisories/001.html	patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200401-04.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008850	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107522432613022&w=2	mailing list
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012004.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-033.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:006	vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14937	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/779614	third party advisory us government resource
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000813	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-045.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2004-0008?: CVE-2004-0008 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2004-0008?: To fix CVE-2004-0008, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2004-0008 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2004-0008 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~19% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.