Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2003-0239 is an old denial-of-service issue in Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a. A malformed GIF image can crash or disrupt the client’s image parsing/rendering component. Business urgency is mainly for legacy environments that still run this software or preserve old messaging workstations. Exposure is likely limited to legacy systems using Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a or components that still load icqateimg32.dll for untrusted GIF content. The source bundle does not identify other affected products or supported platforms. Treat this as a legacy-software cleanup item, not a broad emergency. It can enable remote disruption of an affected client, but evidence in the bundle does not support active exploitation or impact beyond ICQ Pro 2003a. Mitigation focus: Check vendor or archival advisory guidance for available fixes or replacement advice.; Remove or retire Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a from managed environments where possible.; Block untrusted GIF handling in this client if retirement is not immediately possible..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- icq-gif89a-header-dos(11948)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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