CVE-2001-1419

Published: Mar 20, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

aol

commercial

instant messengerOn-premDesktop App

Communications / messaging-chat

cerulean studios

commercialaka trillian pro, trillian

trillianMixed

Communications / messaging-chat

and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771

kb.cert.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN

kb.cert.org

and 3 more references View all →

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