CVE-2001-1419

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-10-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

AOL Instant Messenger: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.3.2229, 4.4 (+4)
Cerulean Studios Trillian: 0.6351

References

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
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

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