CVE-2000-1094

AOL Instant Messenger 4.0/4.1.2010/4.2.1193 - BuddyIcon Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "buddyicon" command with a long "src" argument.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2000-12-12 CVE Reserved
2000-12-12 First Exploit
2001-01-09 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97668265628917&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97683774417132&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.osvdb.org/1692	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20511	2000-12-12
http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2000/a121200-1.txt	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Aol Search vendor "Aol"		Aim Search vendor "Aol" for product "Aim"				< 4.3.2229 Search vendor "Aol" for product "Aim" and version " < 4.3.2229"		-		Affected