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AIM Smiley Icon Location Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for smiley icon location denial of service vulnerability in AIM

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote Windows application is prone to denial of service attacks.

Description :

According to the Windows registry, the remote host has installed on it a
version of AOL Instant Messenger that does not properly handle invalid
data passed as the location of a 'smiley' icon. Such invalid data leads
to an application crash, possibly because of a buffer overflow.

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:N/A:P/I:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 13553

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