CVE-2005-1891 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-06-08

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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.

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

No history.

Subscriptions

Aol Aim

Microsoft Windows

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-08T04:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2005-06-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1891

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1891

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-191

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