CVE-2001-1416

MEDIUM 5.1CVE-2001-1416 · Published 18/01/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-1416 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability affecting instant messenger (aol).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 75.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
instant messenger aol	`= 4.4a`	No fix yet

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the log messages in certain Alpha versions of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via an image in the (1) DATA, (2) STYLE, or (3) BINARY tags.

References

kb.cert.org/vuls/id/541384 · US Government Resource
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPBQ · US Government Resource
windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm

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