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CVE-2001-1421 Details

Description

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large number of different fonts followed by an HTML HR tag.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7757 CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/530299 CVEUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MD7 CVEUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920 CVEExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
aol instant messenger
<= 4.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2001-1421
NVD Published Date:
Oct 6, 2001
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2001-1421 Details - Not Deferred