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CVE-2002-0785

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• AOL Instant Messenger: 4.0, 4.1, 4.1.2010, 4.2, 4.2.1193, 4.3 (+8)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0086.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9058.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259435
• http://www.osvdb.org/5109
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4709
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0086.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9058.php
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259435
• http://www.osvdb.org/5109
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4709

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