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| Summary | MSN File transfer DOS (malloc error) |
|---|---|
| Date | 2004-10-19 |
| Discovered By | Gaim |
| Fixed In Release | 1.0.2 |
Remote crash. After accepting a file transfer request, Gaim will attempt to allocate a buffer of a size equal to the entire filesize, this allocation attempt will cause Gaim to crash if the size exceeds the amount of available memory.
Don’t allocate a buffer for file transfers.