CVE-2003-0163
N/A
Published: April 15, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGaim Encryption
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013281120352&w=2x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0013.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7182Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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