CVE-2004-2589

Gaim before 0.82 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long HTTP Content-Length header, which causes Gaim to abort when attempting to allocate memory.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-2589 is rated Moderate Risk (45.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.79%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2589

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 2025-03-17 0.45% 0.79% +0.34%
2 2023-03-07 1.11% 0.45% -0.66%
3 2022-02-04 1.11%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2589

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2589

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2589

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.76 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.77 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.78 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.79 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.80 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.81 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rob_flynn gaim 0.82 cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2589

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