CVE-2002-0785

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4709

http://www.osvdb.org/5109

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259435

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9058.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-08-12

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High