CVE-2001-1419 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an instant message that contains a large amount of "<!--" HTML comments.

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 0.07132.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Aol	Instant Messenger
Cerulean Studios	Trillian

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3.2229:::::::*
	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:cerulean_studios:trillian:0.6351:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-1399	AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an instant message that contains a large amount of "<!--" HTML comments.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0014.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3398
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:58:11.364Z

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

Link: CVE-2001-1419

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-10-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-1419

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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