AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an instant message that contains a large amount of "<!--" HTML comments
Published Mar 20, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.41%
Description
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an instant message that contains a large amount of "<!--" HTML comments.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.3
- 4.3.2229
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.7
- 4.7.2480
- 0.6351
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02412) | 83.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02412) | 81.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 22, 2025 | 5.66% (0.05663) | 90.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.13% (0.07132) | 90.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 23.23% (0.23228) | 96.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.32% (0.03322) | 89.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0014.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3398 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0014.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN | x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3398 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
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