Denial of Service Vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger 4.7
CVE-2001-1420

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Key Information:

Vendor: Aol
Status: Instant Messenger
Vendor: CVE Published:; 2 May 2005

What is CVE-2001-1420?

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) version 4.7 is susceptible to a denial of service vulnerability that can be exploited by remote attackers. The issue arises from the handling of long filenames, which may lead to an application crash due to a buffer overflow condition. When exploited, this vulnerability can disrupt the normal operation of the AIM application, rendering it unusable until a restart occurs.

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