CVE-2004-0006: rob_flynn gaim
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-0006 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in rob_flynn gaim. EPSS estimates a 7.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 29-01-2004PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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) cookies in a Yahoo web connection, (2) a long name parameter in the Yahoo login web page, (3) a long value parameter in the Yahoo login page, (4) a YMSG packet, (5) the URL parser, and (6) HTTP proxy connect.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 7.61% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Rob_flynn1 product
- gaim≤ 0.75
Ultramagnetic1 product
- ultramagnetic≤ 0.81
2 vendors · 2 products
References
32 links- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.361158Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A818VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10222VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL