CVE-2001-1417: Aol Instant Messenger

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a buddy icon GIF file whose length and width values are larger than the actual image data.

Affected products

• Aol Instant Messenger: version 4.7 only

Published 2001-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.