CVE-2004-0891 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted MSN protocol messages in the Gaim instant messaging client.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-0891?
CVE-2004-0891 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 21 Oct 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0891?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Gentoo Linux, Rob Flynn Gaim, Slackware Slackware Linux, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0891?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-0891 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2004-0891 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0891 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Gentoo Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vxv8-px35-96ww.