Instant Messenger

Vendor:

First CVE: Feb 1, 1998 · Active for 28 years

30
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 97% of tracked products
3.3
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 84% of tracked products
6.1
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 25% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Instant Messenger over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Feb 1, 1998
28 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Sep 27, 2007
6,879 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Instant Messenger30 CVEs
All CVEs353,240 CVEs
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown30 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown30 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown30 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown30 (100.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (30 CVEs).

30 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
Buffer overflow in the goaway function in the aim:goaway URI handler for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.5, including 5.5.3595, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
Nov 23, 200410.078NOYES
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480, 4.8.2616, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument in a game request (AddGa
Jan 31, 200210.049NOYES
Directory traversal vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.8 beta and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files and execute commands via a Direct Connection
Jun 18, 20025.033NOYES
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long "goim" command.
Jan 9, 20017.531NOYES
The Buddy icon file for AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.3 through 5.5 is created in a predictable location, which may allow remote attackers to use a shell: URI to exploit other vuln
Dec 31, 20047.529NOYES
Cross-site scripting vulnerability AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.5 and 4.7 for MacOS and Windows allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities, such as adding buddies
Dec 31, 20025.028NOYES
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.2.3292 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an aim:getfile URL with a long screen name.
Dec 31, 200310.026NONO
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.2 and later allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long AddExternalApp request and a TLV type greater than 0x2711.
May 29, 20027.525NONO
AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an invalid smiley icon location in the sml parameter of a font tag.
May 18, 20055.023NOYES
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 6.1.32.1 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed header value in a SIP INVITE message, a
Jun 27, 20077.820NONO

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (30 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
1 CVE
3.3% of CVEs· 97th percentile
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
8 CVEs
26.7% of CVEs· 88th percentile

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (30 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (30 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Instant Messenger

Top CWEs

Versions

VersionCVE CountAvg CVSSAvg EPSSKEVExploits
6.2.32.115.82.8%00
6.1.32.127.81.6%00
5.9.386115.12.7%00
5.9.370215.02.4%01
5.5.359527.534.2%02
5.5.3415_beta37.523.7%03
5.537.523.7%03
5.2.329237.53.3%02
5.1.303626.32.6%02
5.0.293835.04.0%03
4.8_beta15.011.6%01
4.8.279026.32.6%02
4.8.264665.43.2%03
4.8.261676.15.0%04
4.7.2480106.04.1%05
4.7125.84.3%05
4.686.35.2%04
4.596.14.9%05
4.4a15.11.6%00
4.486.35.2%04