AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

BID:20425

Info

AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 20425
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-3888
CVE-2006-3887
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 10 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 11 2006 07:24PM
Credit: Will Dormann of CERT/CC reported these issues to the vendor.
Vulnerable: AOL Client Software 9.0
AOL Client Software 8.0 +
AOL Client Software 8.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

AOL You've Got Pictures (YGP) ActiveX controls are prone to multiple buffer-overflow vulnerabilities.

A user can invoke the object from a malicious web page to trigger the condition. If the vulnerabilities are successfully exploited, this would result in a denial-of-service condition due to a runtime error in the affected module that crashes the running instance of the client application that the object is invoked through (typically Internet Explorer). An attacker may also be able to exploit the condition to corrupt process memory, resulting in arbitrary code execution. Arbitrary code would be executed in the context of the client application.

YGP ScreenSaver and YGP Pic Downloader ActiveX controls are vulnerable to these issues.

Exploit / POC

AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Fixes are available from the vendor through the AOL Client software's automatic update feature.

References

AOL You've Got Pictures ActiveX Controls Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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