CVE-2005-1891

HIGH

AOL AIM < 5.9.3797 - Denial of Service via Malformed GIF Buddy Icon

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (4)

Core 4
Core References
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13880
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111816939928640&w=2
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014145
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111817881214343&w=2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0229
EPSS Percentile 80.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-191
Status published
Products (1)
aol/aim < 5.9.3797
Published Jun 09, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026