CVE-2005-1891 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the GIF parser of ateimg32.dll, affecting AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3797 and earlier versions. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a malformed buddy icon, triggering an integer underflow in a loop counter and causing the application to crash. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a high-impact denial of service with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.9.3797CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:aim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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