MEDIUM
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
Published Mar 20, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.42%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.7
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.42% 0.02424
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02424
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02424) | 83.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02424) | 81.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.41% (0.02414) | 84.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.13% (0.02126) | 89.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02126) | 87.44th | 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) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/530299 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MD7 x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3756 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7757 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/530299 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-569MD7 | x_refsource_CONFIRMUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/218920 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3756 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7757 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 20, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Mar 20, 2005
Link CVE-2001-1421
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a