CVE-2001-1417 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/710347 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TQEN http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3408 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7255