Security Advisory

CVE-2002-1953

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2005-06-28 04:00:00
Last updated 2024-09-17 04:19:17
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the goim handler of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 through 4.8.2616 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via escaping of the screen name parameter, which triggers the overflow when the user selects "Get Info" on the buddy.