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AOL CDDBControl ActiveX Control "SetClientInfo()" Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA23043
Release Date: 2006-12-08
Last Update: 2006-12-14
Popularity: 9,416 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 7.x
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 8.x
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 9.x

Binary Analysis: BA15 :: Available for 1 Credit

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in AOL, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "CDDBControlAOL.CDDBAOLControl" ActiveX control (cddbcontrol.dll) when processing the first argument passed to the "SetClientInfo()" method. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by passing an overly long string (more than 256 bytes).

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website with Internet Explorer.

The vulnerability is related to:
SA20861

The vulnerability is confirmed in America Online 7.0 revision 4114.563, AOL 8.0 revision 4129.230, and AOL 9.0 Security Edition revision 4156.910. Other versions may also be affected.

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