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CVE-2002-0785
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an "AddBuddy" link with the ScreenName…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.7%
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- mitre
Description
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an "AddBuddy" link with the ScreenName parameter set to a large number of comma-separated values, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.7% · top 10% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 5109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20020508 Hole in AOL Instant Messenger (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- aim-addbuddy-bo(9058) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4709 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#259435 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .