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CVE-2002-1953
published 2002-12-31

CVE-2002-1953: 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)…

PriorityP418medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
1.87%
76.7th percentile
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.

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
aolinstant_messenger
aolinstant_messenger
aolinstant_messenger
aolinstant_messenger
aolinstant_messenger
aolinstant_messenger
aolinstant_messenger
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