AOL Instant Messenger up to 4.1.2010 buddyicon memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in AOL Instant Messenger up to 4.1.2010. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation of the argument buddyicon leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2000-1094. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AOL Instant Messenger up to 4.1.2010 (Messaging Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument buddyicon with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" command with a long "src" argument.

The bug was discovered 11/22/2000. The weakness was published 12/12/2000 by Dildog, Dave Aitel and Patrick Upatham with @stake (Website). The advisory is available at atstake.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2000-1094. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 20 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.3.2229 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5786), Exploit-DB (20511), SecurityFocus (BID 2122†) and OSVDB (1692†). Similar entry is available at VDB-16249. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Instant Messenger 4.3.2229

Timelineinfo

11/22/2000 🔍
12/12/2000 +20 days 🔍
12/12/2000 +0 days 🔍
12/12/2000 +0 days 🔍
01/09/2001 +28 days 🔍
02/21/2003 +773 days 🔍
07/02/2014 +4148 days 🔍
04/18/2025 +3943 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: aol.com

Advisory: atstake.com
Researcher: Dildog, Dave Aitel, Patrick Upatham
Organization: @stake
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-1094 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-1094
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16250
X-Force: 5786
SecurityFocus: 2122 - AOL Instant Messenger BuddyIcon Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1692 - AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) BuddyIcon Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 12:14
Updated: 04/18/2025 12:06
Changes: 07/02/2014 12:14 (57), 04/06/2019 16:31 (6), 04/18/2025 12:06 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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