Vulnerability CVE-2005-1891
Published: 2005-06-09   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
AOL -> Instant messenger 

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