CVE-2001-1421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of different fonts followed by an HTML HR tag.

Published: 2005-03-20

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1401	AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of different fonts followed by an HTML HR tag.

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 0.01962.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/530299
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MD7
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3756
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7757

History

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Subscriptions

Aol Instant Messenger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.401Z

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

Link: CVE-2001-1421

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-10-06T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2001-1421

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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