CVE-2004-0005
CriticalSummary
Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code. These issues involve both octal encoding and quoted-printable encoding.
Risk Assessment
Attackers may exploit these vulnerabilities to destabilize the service or gain control over the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Gaim to the latest version to mitigate these vulnerabilities and to monitor systems for potential attack attempts.
Original NVD description (English source)
Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, (2) octal encoding in yahoo_decode that causes a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte, (3) a quoted printable string to the gaim_quotedp_decode MIME decoder that causes a null byte to be written beyond the buffer, and (4) quoted printable encoding in gaim_quotedp_decode that causes a pointer to reference memory beyond the terminating null byte.