CVE-2004-0500 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the MSN protocol plugins of Gaim versions prior to 0.82, affecting various Linux distributions. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending malformed MSNSLP protocol messages. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.52CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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