Rob Flynn's vulnerability profile is anchored in GAIM, a widely deployed instant-messaging and communications client that serves as a bridge to multiple chat protocols. Despite a narrow product scope, the vendor appears among the more prominent in the vulnerability landscape, reflecting the client's historical role in cross-platform messaging infrastructure. The recurring disclosures center on the NVD placeholder classification, which limits structural insight into the precise weakness patterns; defenders should treat this as an indication of sparse or unclassified vulnerability data rather than a clear weakness signature. Current exploitation activity, severity distribution, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Rob Flynn over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (26 CVEs).
26 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2005-1261HIGH Stack-based buffer overflow in the URL parsing function in Gaim before 1.3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an instant message (IM) with a large URL. | May 11, 2005 | 7.5 | 34 | NO | YES |
CVE-2004-0891HIGH 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 | Jan 27, 2005 | 10.0 | 33 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0006HIGH Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) c | Mar 3, 2004 | 7.5 | 27 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0785HIGH Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim before 0.82 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) Rich Text Format (RTF) messages, (2) a | Oct 20, 2004 | 7.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2000-1172HIGH Buffer overflow in Gaim 0.10.3 and earlier using the OSCAR protocol allows remote attackers to conduct a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary commands via a long HTML t | Jan 9, 2001 | 10.0 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0007HIGH Buffer overflow in the Extract Info Field Function for (1) MSN and (2) YMSG protocol handlers in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to ca | Mar 3, 2004 | 7.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0008HIGH Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM pa | Mar 3, 2004 | 7.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0754HIGH Integer overflow in Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the size variable in Groupware server messages. | Oct 20, 2004 | 7.5 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2004-0500HIGH Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol plugins (1) object.c and (2) slp.c for Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code | Sep 28, 2004 | 7.5 | 21 | NO | NO |
CVE-2002-0384HIGH Buffer overflow in Jabber plug-in for Gaim client before 0.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. | Oct 4, 2002 | 7.5 | 21 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (26 CVEs).
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