AOL » Instant Messenger : Security Vulnerabilities, CVEs,

The embedded Internet Explorer server control in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.5.3.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified web script or HTML in an instant message, related to AIM's filtering of "specific tags and attributes" and the lack of Local Machine Zone lockdown. NOTE: this issue reportedly exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-4901.

The embedded Internet Explorer server control in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.1.41.2 and 6.2.32.1, AIM Pro, and AIM Lite does not properly constrain the use of mshtml.dll's web script and HTML functionality for incoming instant messages, which allows remote attackers to place HTML into unexpected contexts or execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated by writing arbitrary HTML to a notification window, and writing contents of arbitrary local image files to this window via IMG SRC.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.1.32.1 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed header value in a SIP INVITE message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-3350.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.1.32.1 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a flood of spoofed SIP INVITE requests.

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9 and earlier, and ICQ 5.1 and probably earlier, allows user-assisted remote attackers to write files to arbitrary locations via a .. (dot dot) in a filename in a file transfer operation.

Unspecified vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3861 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into requesting Buddy Info about a long screen name, which might cause a buffer overflow.

AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an invalid smiley icon location in the sml parameter of a font tag.

The Buddy icon file for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 through 5.5 is created in a predictable location, which may allow remote attackers to use a shell: URI to exploit other vulnerabilities that involve predictable locations.

Buffer overflow in the goaway function in the aim:goaway URI handler for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.5, including 5.5.3595, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Away message.

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.2.3292 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an aim:getfile URL with a long screen name.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities, such as adding buddies and groups to a user's buddy list, via a URL with a META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" tag to an aim: URL.

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.

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8.2790 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs by specifying the program in the href attribute of a link.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 adds free.aol.com to the Trusted Sites Zone in Internet Explorer without user approval, which could allow code from free.aol.com to bypass intended access restrictions.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an "AddBuddy" link with the ScreenName parameter set to a large number of comma-separated values, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to steal files that are being transferred to other clients by connecting to port 4443 (Direct Connection) or port 5190 (file transfer) before the intended user.

Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files and execute commands via a Direct Connection with an IMG tag with a SRC attribute that specifies the target filename.

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.2 and later allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long AddExternalApp request and a TLV type greater than 0x2711.

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480, 4.8.2616, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a game request (AddGame).

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of different fonts followed by an HTML HR tag.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename, possibly caused by a buffer overflow.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an instant message that contains a large amount of "<!--" HTML comments.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed WAV file.

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.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the log messages in certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via an image in the (1) DATA, (2) STYLE, or (3) BINARY tags.