CVE-2002-0785

Exp

AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an "AddBuddy" link with the ScreenName parameter set to a large number of comma-separated values, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Published: 2002-08-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-0785 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.74%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.50% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-0785

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-0785

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.24% 3.74% +1.50%
2 2025-03-17 1.56% 2.24% +0.68%
3 2024-08-10 — 1.56% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-0785

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-0785

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-0785

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol instant_messenger 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.1.2010 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.1.2010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.2.1193 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.2.1193:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.3.2229 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.3.2229:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.4 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.5 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.6 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.7 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.7.2480 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.7.2480:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.8.2616 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2616:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.8.2646 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2646:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-0785

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