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CVE-2004-0891

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2005-01-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Gentoo LinuxUbuntu Ubuntu LinuxRob Flynn GaimSlackware Slackware Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References