Unscored CVE-2005-1891 EUVD-2005-1893GHSA-wx39-gwc4-8cjf

The GIF parser in ateimg32.dll in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3797 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (cr…

Published Jun 8, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The 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.

References

13880 vdb-entry
20050607 AOL AIM Instant Messenger Buddy Icon "ateimg32.dll" DoS mailing-list
1014145 vdb-entry
20050607 Re: AOL AIM Instant Messenger Buddy Icon "ateimg32.dll" DoS mailing-list