Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" command with a long "src" argument.
The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.
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http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a121200-1.txt | patch vendor advisory exploit broken link |
http://www.osvdb.org/1692 | vdb entry broken link |
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97683774417132&w=2 | third party advisory mailing list |
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97668265628917&w=2 | third party advisory mailing list |