CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1891

7.5 HIGH Published 2005-06-09 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-06-09
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-191

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.

Affected configurations

• aol aim (<= 5.9.3797)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) weakness

References