CVE-2004-0785

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0785
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in Gaim before 0.82 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) Rich Text Format (RTF) messages, (2) a long hostname for the local system as obtained from DNS, or (3) a long URL that is not properly handled by the URL decoder.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.10.3 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.50 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.51 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.52 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.53 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.54 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.55 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.56 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.57 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.58 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.59.1 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.60 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.61 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.62 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.63 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.64 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.65 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.66 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.67 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.68 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.69 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.70 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.71 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.72 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.73 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.74 All All All
Application Rob Flynn Gaim 0.75 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/9261 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Conectiva update for gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Gaim Buffer Overflows in Groupware Messages, URLs, Hostname Lookups, and RTF Messages May Permit Remote Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Gaim Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/9263 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fedoranews.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Issues - gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gaim.sourceforge.net
Security Issues - gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gaim.sourceforge.net
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Gaim: New vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Mandrake update for gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Security Issues - gaim af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gaim.sourceforge.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/9262 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fedoranews.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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