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AOL Instant Messenger Link Special Character Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

The following procedure has been reported by a b <p0pt4rtz@hotmail.com> as producing a denial of service:

Craft the URL to be sent to the victim. Lets use spaces since they get
converted to %20 by AIM :). We could use other extended ASCII, etc.
Fill the whole URL up to the end (the "protected" buffer dist), which is 172
chars. (172 * 2 = 344).







 

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