Aol: >> Instant Messenger >> 4.6 Security Vulnerabilities
AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an invalid smiley icon location in the sml parameter of a font tag.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.034
Published
2005-05-18
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
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
0.01
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
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
0.097
Published
2002-06-18
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to steal files that are being transferred to other clients by connecting to port 4443 (Direct Connection) or port 5190 (file transfer) before the intended user.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.007
Published
2002-06-18
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480, 4.8.2616, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a game request (AddGame).
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.279
Published
2002-01-31
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an instant message that contains a large amount of "<!--" HTML comments.
CVSS Score
5.0
EPSS Score
0.071
Published
2001-10-02