{"vuid":"VU#990451","idnumber":"990451","name":"AOL Instant Messenger vulnerable to DoS via crafted WAV file","keywords":["AOL Instant Messenger","DoS","denial of service","crafted WAV file"],"overview":"AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) is an application that allows one peer to communicate with another. A vulnerability exists that can crash the client of a victim.","clean_desc":"AIM allows users to send audio files to one another. By sending a corrupt WAV formatted file, an attacker can cause the victims client to crash.","impact":"By repeatedly sending this message with the file attached, a continued denial of service can be caused.","resolution":"Upgrade your client. This has been fixed in version 4.8.2540 beta.","workarounds":"AIM permits the user to only accept messages from known/trusted peers. Enable this feature.","sysaffected":"","thanks":"This vulnerability was discovered by Robbie Saunders.","author":"This document was written by Jason Rafail.","public":["h","t","t","p",":","/","/","w","w","w",".","s","s","n","b","c",".","c","o","m","/","w","i","z","/",""],"cveids":[""],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2001-10-08T15:36:33Z","publicdate":"2001-10-06T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2002-01-14T18:25:44Z","dateupdated":"2002-01-14T18:25:47Z","revision":8,"vrda_d1_directreport":"","vrda_d1_population":"","vrda_d1_impact":"","cam_widelyknown":"20","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"1","cam_population":"20","cam_impact":"3","cam_easeofexploitation":"18","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"20","cam_scorecurrent":"8.505","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"8.505","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"16.605","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":8.505,"vulnote":null}