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Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Feb 3, 2004 05:00:00 UTC

CVE-2004-0005

Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, (2) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte, (3) a quoted printable string to the gaim_quotedp_decode MIME decoder that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, and (4) quoted printable encoding in gaim_quotedp_decode that causes a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte.

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SeverityNoneCVSS unscored

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Last updatedAug 8, 2024 00:01:23 UTC
PublishedFeb 3, 2004 05:00:00 UTC
ReservedJan 5, 2004 00:00:00 UTC