CVE-2002-0785

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-0785 · Published 12/08/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0785 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting instant messenger (aol).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.7%, higher than 89.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
instant messenger aol	`= 4.0= 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`	No fix yet

Description

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an "AddBuddy" link with the ScreenName parameter set to a large number of comma-separated values, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-05/0086.html · Exploit
iss.net/security_center/static/9058.php · Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/259435 · US Government Resource
osvdb.org/5109
securityfocus.com/bid/4709 · Vendor Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

instant messenger

aol

= 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

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