CVE-2002-0005: Aol Instant Messenger

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 15.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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).

Affected products

• Aol Instant Messenger: version 4.3 only; version 4.3.2229 only; version 4.4 only; version 4.5 only; version 4.6 only; version 4.7 only; …

Published 2002-01-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.