America Online (AOL) Deskbar.dll and Toolbar.dll denial of service

aol-deskbar-toolbar-dos (33309) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

America Online (AOL) is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending specially-crafted code to the Deskbar.dll and the Toolbar.dll files, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the browser.

Platforms Affected:

  • AOL, AOL 9.0 Rev 4156.910

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of America Online (AOL) (9.0 or later), available from the America Online Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Reported:

Mar 29, 2007

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