PT-2001-2513 · Aol · Aol Instant Messenger

Published 2001-10-02 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1419

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) versions 4.7.2480 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved by sending an instant message that contains a large amount of <!-- HTML comments.

Recommendations For versions 4.7.2480 and earlier, consider disabling the reception of instant messages containing HTML comments until a patch is available. Restrict access to the instant messaging functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1419

Affected Products

Aol Instant Messenger

References · 7

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3398 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0014.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1419 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN · Note