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CVE-2001-1420

• 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: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long filename, possibly caused by a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• AOL Instant Messenger: 4.7

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972499
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MEK
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3407
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7254
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/972499
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MEK
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3407
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7254

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