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CVE-2004-0008

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers...

7.5 High

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Exploit likelihood

8.50%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2004-0008
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

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2004-0008
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-0008 No score

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record
EUVD-2004-0008
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6r82-pmh7-jjf5 No score

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers...

Integer overflow in Gaim 0.74 and earlier, and Ultramagnetic before 0.81, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a directIM packet that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Record
GHSA-6r82-pmh7-jjf5
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

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

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2004-0008 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 8.50%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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