CVE-2005-1891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01414.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Aol Subscribe	Aim Subscribe
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:aol:aim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111816939928640&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111817881214343&w=2
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13880

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-08T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.798Z

Reserved: 2005-06-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1891

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-06-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1891

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-191

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