# CVE-2004-0891: 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)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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 an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml
- http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=9
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786

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