CVE-2005-1891

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-191

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.

Affected products

AOL Aim: through 5.9.3797

References

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
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

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