CVE-2005-1655 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) versions 5.5.x and earlier. An attacker could crash a client by sending a message containing an invalid smiley icon location within the 'sml' parameter of a font tag. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to a client crash. While an ExploitDB entry exists, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.912CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.0.912:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.996CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.0.996:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0_nCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.0_n:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.1236CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.1.1236:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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