CVE-2004-0784

The smiley theme functionality in Gaim before 0.82 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename of the tar file that is dragged to the smiley selector.

Published: 2004-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0784 is rated Moderate Risk (59.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.34%). EPSS rose +1.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0784

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.27% 2.34% +1.06%
2 2025-03-17 1.02% 1.27% +0.25%
3 2024-12-17 — 1.02% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0784

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0784

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0784

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0784: 1 GLSA(s) (200408-27), 1 atom(s) (net-im/gaim); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0784
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0784

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0784

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rob_flynn gaim 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.50 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.51 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.52 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.53 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.54 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.55 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.56 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.57 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.58 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.59 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.59.1 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.59.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.60 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.61 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.62 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.63 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.64 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.65 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.66 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.66:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.67 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.68 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.68:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.69 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.69:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.70 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.71 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.72 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.73 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.74 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.75 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0784

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