PT-2005-1113 · Aol · Aol Instant Messenger

Published 2005-03-20 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2001-1420

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) version 4.7

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This is possibly caused by a buffer overflow when a long filename is used.

Recommendations For AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 4.7, avoid using long filenames to prevent the application from crashing. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of filenames used in the application until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1420

Affected Products

Aol Instant Messenger

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1420 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3407 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972499 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MEK · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7254 · Note