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CVE-2002-0785 Details

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.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0086.html	CVE	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9058.php	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259435	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/5109	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4709	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0086.html	[email protected]	ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9058.php	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259435	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/5109	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4709	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
aol instant messenger	4.0 4.1 4.1.2010 4.2 4.2.1193
CPE cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1.2010:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2.1193:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3.2229:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2616:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2646:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

aol instant messenger

4.0

4.1

4.1.2010

4.2

4.2.1193

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1.2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2.1193:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3.2229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2616:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2646:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]