CVE-2001-1417 in Instant Messenger

Summary

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a buddy icon GIF file whose length and width values are larger than the actual image data.

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• Reservation: 03/20/2005
• Disclosure: 10/06/2001
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-17468
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-404 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.02027
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-1417
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1417
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2001-1417/