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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

Published Apr 15, 2003

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.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 15, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Mar 24, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0163
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2003-0163
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2003-0163