Vulnerability in Aol Instant Messenger
CVE-2006-0629
Unspecified vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3861 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into requesting Buddy Info about a long screen name, which might cause a buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.027 (85.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Aol Instant Messenger — versions 5.9.3861
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423906/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24362 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423920/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0948.html (mailing-list)