CVE-2001-1421 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) versions 4.7 and earlier. Remote attackers could crash the application by sending a message containing a large number of different fonts followed by an HTML HR tag. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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