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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0784 · published 20 October 2004

CVE-2004-0784: Rob flynn gaim vulnerability

Rob Flynn · Gaim

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.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 2.3% · top 17.1%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
2.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=1 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17144
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10008
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=1 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-278.shtml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2004-279.shtml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200408-27.xml Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-400.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17144
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10008

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0784), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.