Aol: Security Vulnerabilities
The Buddy icon file for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 through 5.5 is created in a predictable location, which may allow remote attackers to use a shell: URI to exploit other vulnerabilities that involve predictable locations.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.031
Published
2004-12-31
Buffer overflow in the goaway function in the aim:goaway URI handler for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.5, including 5.5.3595, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Away message.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.785
Published
2004-11-23
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.2.3292 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an aim:getfile URL with a long screen name.
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.063
Published
2003-12-31
Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8.2790 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs by specifying the program in the href attribute of a link.
CVSS Score
2.6
EPSS Score
0.031
Published
2002-12-31
Heap-based buffer overflow in the goim handler of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 through 4.8.2616 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via escaping of the screen name parameter, which triggers the overflow when the user selects "Get Info" on the buddy.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.027
Published
2002-12-31
Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities, such as adding buddies and groups to a user's buddy list, via a URL with a META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" tag to an aim: URL.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.044
Published
2002-12-31
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an "AddBuddy" link with the ScreenName parameter set to a large number of comma-separated values, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.022
Published
2002-08-12
Format string vulnerability in Ns_PdLog function for the external database driver proxy daemon library (libnspd.a) of AOLServer 3.0 through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Error or Notice parameters.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.02
Published
2002-06-18
Buffer overflow in Ns_PdLog function for the external database driver proxy daemon library (libnspd.a) of AOLServer 3.0 through 3.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via the Error or Notice parameters.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.019
Published
2002-06-18
Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files and execute commands via a Direct Connection with an IMG tag with a SRC attribute that specifies the target filename.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.111
Published
2002-06-18