01 Record
CVE-2002-0005
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 (AddGame).
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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 (AddGame).
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 15.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-01-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b894e6efed3270381efde0f901c76b03f09e8bfddf7518583cb24d16299345c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaim-game-overflow(7743)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7743
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#907819http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/907819
- www.ntbugtraq.com20020102 w00w00 on AOL Instant Messenger (serious vulnerability)http://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0201&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=72
- www.ntbugtraq.com20020102 AIM addendumhttp://www.ntbugtraq.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind0201&L=ntbugtraq&F=P&S=&P=198
- www.securityfocus.com3769http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3769
- marc.info20020102 w00w00 on AOL Instant Messenger (serious vulnerability)http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=100998295512885&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com20020102 AIM addendumhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247944