CVE-2001-1419

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.

Affected products

• AOL / instant_messenger4.0 – 4.0
• AOL / instant_messenger4.1 – 4.1
• AOL / instant_messenger4.2 – 4.2
• AOL / instant_messenger4.3 – 4.3
• AOL / instant_messenger4.3.2229 – 4.3.2229
• AOL / instant_messenger4.4 – 4.4
• AOL / instant_messenger4.5 – 4.5
• AOL / instant_messenger4.6 – 4.6
• AOL / instant_messenger4.7 – 4.7
• AOL / instant_messenger4.7.2480 – 4.7.2480
• cerulean_studios / trillian0.6351 – 0.6351

References

• MISChttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/507771
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7233
• MISChttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/JARL-56TPTN
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3398
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247707
• MISChttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-10/0014.html