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CVE-2004-0007

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0007 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Extract Info Field Function of Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, specifically impacting their MSN and YMSG protocol handlers. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code due to its low attack complexity and network vector. Despite its high FAUCET Risk Score of 91/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.81CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ultramagnetic:ultramagnetic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0718 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0007Moderate

security flaw

Jan 26, 2004

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/fulldisclosure/2004-01/0994.html
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
security.e-matters.de / advisories/012004.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200401-04.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/14946
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A819
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9906
ultramagnetic.sourceforge.net / advisories/001.html
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-434
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/197142
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 3733
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-032.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-033.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / advisories/6281
securityfocus.com / bid/9489
securitytracker.com / id
slackware.com / security/viewer.php