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CVE-2002-1953

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/12/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2616:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2646:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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