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AIM Buddy Icon Overflow Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 18432

Synopsis

The remote Windows host is susceptible to denial of service attacks.

Description

According to the Windows registry, the version of AOL Instant Messenger install on the remote host has an integer overflow in its GIF parser, 'ateimg32.dll'. Using a specially crafted GIF file as a buddy icon, an attacker can reportedly crash the affected host.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x15-advisory.txt

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Jun/36

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Jun/43

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18432

File Name: aim_buddy_icon_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/8/2005

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: AIM/version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1891

BID: 13880