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CVE-2003-0163
Published: Apr 15, 2003
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
decrypt_msg for the Gaim-Encryption GAIM plugin 1.15 and earlier does not properly validate a message length parameter, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a negative length, which overwrites arbitrary heap memory with a zero byte.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0013.html
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20030412 R7-0013: Heap Corruption in Gaim-Encryption Plugin
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7182
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