CVE-1999-0486 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) where a remote attacker could crash a receiving client by sending a specially crafted hyperlink. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but only results in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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