Re: AOL Instant Messenger URL Crash

[elhoward () MARKL COM (Eric L. Howard)]

I haven't been able to duplicate this on any 2.0.8* builds...I've tested about
15 different people and none in the 2.0.8* builds were affected.

All others tested were in the 2.0.9* build and died immediately, some causing
the user to have to reboot, all rendering AIM completly unable to be restarted
for several minutes after the Dr. Watson cleared on NT.

        ~ELH~

At a certain time now past, Adam Brown spake thusly:
> There is a bug in the newer versions of AOL's Instant Messenger that will
> cause the client to crash when exploited.  All builds of version 2.0 that
> I've tested seem to be vulnerable, although I have not done extensive
> version testing.  AOL was notified of this about two weeks ago.  To exploit
> this bug, send a hyperlink in this format: aim:addbuddy?=screenname
>
> Have fun,
>
> SpunOne
>
> http://www.fazed.net
>
> http://www.webzone.net


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