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CVE-2000-10941 exploit

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" comm…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.7%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" command with a long "src" argument.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.68% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-20511 AOL Instant Messenger 4.0/4.1.2010/4.2.1193 - BuddyIcon Buffer Overflow · remote · 2000-12-12

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

  • atstake.com /research/advisories/2000/a121200-1.txt · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_ATSTAKE, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /1692 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=97683774417132&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=97668265628917&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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