CVE-2005-1891

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1891
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-09 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2016-10-18 03:23:00 UTC
DescriptionThe GIF parser in ateimg32.dll in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3797 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed buddy icon that causes an integer underflow in a loop counter variable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.0.2938 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.1.3036 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.2.3292 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.5 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.5.3415_beta All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.5.3595 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.9.3797 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.0.2938 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.1.3036 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.2.3292 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.5 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.5.3415_beta All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.5.3595 All All All
Application Aol Instant Messenger 5.9.3797 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Re: AOL AIM Instant Messenger Buddy Icon "ateimg32.dll" DoS' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
AOL Instant Messenger Buddy Icon Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
20050607 AOL AIM Instant Messenger Buddy Icon "ateimg32.dll" DoS BUGTRAQ marc.info
AOL AIM 'ateimg32.dll' Lets Remote Users Crash AIM With a Malicious Buddy Icon - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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