CVE-2004-0006

Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote...

7.5 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

7.61%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2004-0006
CVSS 2.0: 7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2004-0006
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2004-0006 No score

Record: EUVD-2004-0006
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q864-5rmm-c437 No score

Multiple buffer overflows in Gaim 0.75 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allow remote...

Record: GHSA-q864-5rmm-c437
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`gaim` Debian:3.0 From an advisory covering 4 CVEs	before 0.58-2.4	0.58-2.4

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2004-0006 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Rob Flynn Gaim, published January 29, 2004. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.61%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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