CVE-2006-0629: Aol Instant Messenger

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 5.9.3861 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into requesting Buddy Info about a long screen name, which might cause a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Aol Instant Messenger: version 5.9.3861 only

Published 2006-02-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.