TI-2000-01082 Aliases CVE-2000-1094 GHSA-gj55-f7mm-vjjc

Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) before 4.3.2229 allows remote attackers to…

MEDIUM 40CWE-120Published 2001-01-22 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04683 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:aol:aim::::::::	before 4.3.2229	Vulnerable	AOL

cpe:2.3:a:aol:aim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.3.2229 Vulnerable ·AOL

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-1094
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gj55-f7mm-vjjc

References

Exploit 1

A121200-1

Advisory 2

Other 1

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TI-2005-01792 The GIF parser in ateimg32.dll in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3797 and earlier allows… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2012-04857 AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 1.0.1.2 does not verify that the server hostname matches a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.8

Sources

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