MEDIUM
AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an invalid smiley icon location in the sml parameter of a font tag
Published May 18, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.41%
Description
AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an invalid smiley icon location in the sml parameter of a font tag.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.2
- 2.0.912
- 2.0.996
- 2.0_n
- 2.1.1236
- 2.5.1366
- 2.5.1598
- 3.0.1415
- 3.0.1470
- 3.0_n
- 3.5.1635
- 3.5.1670
- 3.5.1808
- 3.5.1856
- 4.0
- 4.1
- 4.1.2010
- 4.2
- 4.2.1193
- 4.3
- 4.3.2229
- 4.4
- 4.5
- 4.6
- 4.7
- 4.7.2480
- 4.8.2616
- 4.8.2646
- 4.8.2790
- 5.0.2938
- 5.1.3036
- 5.2.3292
- 5.5
- 5.5.3415_beta
- 5.5.3595
- 5.9.3702
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.
2.41% 0.02414
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02414
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02414) | 83.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.41% (0.02414) | 81.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.39% (0.03387) | 86.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.34% (0.02343) | 90.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 1.82% (0.01816) | 88.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 12.77% (0.12769) | 95.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 10.81% (0.10812) | 94.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 10.04% (0.10045) | 94.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.83% (0.01828) | 86.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (1)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13553 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13553 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 18, 2005
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved May 18, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1655
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a