CVE-2001-1420 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename, possibly caused by a buffer overflow.

Published: 2005-03-20

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1400	AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename, possibly caused by a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02348.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972499
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MEK
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3407
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7254

History

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Subscriptions

Aol Instant Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-20T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:09.599Z

Reserved: 2005-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-1420

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-1420

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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