CVE-2001-1419

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.13% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771	third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233	vdb entry
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN	us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3398	exploit vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707	mailing list exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0014.html	mailing list exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2001-1419?: CVE-2001-1419 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2001-1419?: To fix CVE-2001-1419, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2001-1419 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2001-1419 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.