Title: AOL Picture Editor 'YGPPicEdit.dll' ActiveX Control Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
AOL Picture Editor is an ActiveX control shipped with AOL instant messenger that allows users to edit pictures.
AOL Picture Editor 'YGPPicEdit.dll' ActiveX control is prone to multiple vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to crash the application. The issues stem from various buffer-overflow conditions.
These issues affect the following properties of the ActiveX control 'YGPPicEdit.dll' identified with CLSID {085891E5-ED86-425F-8522-C10290FA8309}:
DisplayName
FinalSavePath
ForceSaveTo
HiddenControls
InitialEditorScreen
Locale
Proxy
UserAgent
An attacker can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to visit a malicious HTML page.
Successfully exploiting these issues may allow remote attackers to crash the affected application using the ActiveX control (typically Internet Explorer), denying service to legitimate users. Reports indicate that this issue may not be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
AOL Picture Editor 'YGPPicEdit.dll' 9.5.1.8 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Affected Products:
- AOL YGPPicEdit.dll ActiveX Control 9.5.1.8
References:
- AOL: AOL Homepage
- Microsoft: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 240797
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