Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-1891 - Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in AOL AIM

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
aol
CWE-191
nessus
NVD
Published: 2005-06-09
Updated: 2024-02-08

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Aol
20
OS
Microsoft
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyWindows
NASL idAIM_BUDDY_ICON_OVERFLOW.NASL
descriptionAccording to the Windows registry, the version of AOL Instant Messenger install on the remote host has an integer overflow in its GIF parser,
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id18432
published2005-06-08
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18432
titleAIM Buddy Icon Overflow Vulnerability
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#



include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(18432);
  script_version("1.16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1891");
  script_bugtraq_id(13880);

  name["english"] = "AIM Buddy Icon Overflow Vulnerability";
  script_name(english:name["english"]);
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host is susceptible to denial of service attacks." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the Windows registry, the version of AOL Instant
Messenger install on the remote host has an integer overflow in its
GIF parser, 'ateimg32.dll'.  Using a specially crafted GIF file as a
buddy icon, an attacker can reportedly crash the affected host." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x15-advisory.txt" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Jun/36" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Jun/43" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Unknown at this time." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/06/08");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/06/07");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_end_attributes();

 
  summary["english"] = "Checks for buddy icon overflow vulnerability in AIM";
  script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
 
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("aim_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("AIM/version");

  exit(0);
}


# Test an install.
ver = get_kb_item("AIM/version");
if (ver)
{
  # There's a problem if the newest version is 5.9.3797 or below.
  iver = split(ver, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
  if (
    int(iver[0]) < 5 ||
    (
      int(iver[0]) == 5 && 
      (
        int(iver[1]) < 9 ||
        (int(iver[1]) == 9 && int(iver[2]) <= 3797)
      )
    )
  ) security_hole(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));
}

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