Unscored CVE-2002-1953 EUVD-2002-1932GHSA-hrvw-8ffp-h56x

Heap-based buffer overflow in the goim handler of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 through 4.8.2616 allows remote attackers to cause a denia…

Published Jun 28, 2005 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the goim handler of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 through 4.8.2616 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via escaping of the screen name parameter, which triggers the overflow when the user selects "Get Info" on the buddy.

References

5492 vdb-entry
20020824 AOL Instant Messenger Heap Overflow mailing-list
aim-goim-screenname-bo(9950) vdb-entry