# CVE-2004-1414: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Gadu-Gadu by sending messages with many special strings converted to images.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2005
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9wc2-mcr4-w32g

## What is CVE-2004-1414?

CVE-2004-1414 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Gadu-Gadu 6.1 build 156 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a message that contains many special strings that are converted to images.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1414?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gadu-Gadu Gadu-Gadu Instant Messenger.

## How do I fix CVE-2004-1414?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1414 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2004-1414 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2004-1232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1232/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2005-3888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3888/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2005-3890](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3890/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2005-3891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-3891/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2004-1676](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1676/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-1414 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2004-1414 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1414 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1414/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1414/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1414
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1414
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1414

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1414/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.