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CVE-2004-0500

21
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
4.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0495 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2004-0500

security flaw

Aug 5, 2004

References

gaim.sourceforge.net / security
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/16920
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9429
fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml
fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-12.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml
mandrakesecure.net / en/advisories/advisory.php
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2004_25_gaim.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
securityfocus.com / bid/10865
PatchVendor Advisory