CVE-2005-1655

Exp

AOL Instant Messenger 5.5.x and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an invalid smiley icon location in the sml parameter of a font tag.

Published: 2005-05-18 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2005-1655 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.41%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1655

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25633 exploit_db edb 2005-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1655

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 3.39% 2.41% -0.97%
2 2025-03-17 2.20% 3.39% +1.19%
3 2024-12-17 — 2.20% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1655

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-2005-1655

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1655

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aol instant_messenger 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 2.0.912 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.0.912:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 2.0.996 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.0.996:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 2.0_n cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.0_n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 2.1.1236 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.1.1236:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 2.5.1366 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.5.1366:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 2.5.1598 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:2.5.1598:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.0.1415 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.0.1415:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.0.1470 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.0.1470:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.0_n cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.0_n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.5.1635 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.5.1635:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.5.1670 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.5.1670:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.5.1808 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.5.1808:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 3.5.1856 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.5.1856:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 4.8.2790 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:4.8.2790:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.0.2938 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.0.2938:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.1.3036 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.1.3036:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.2.3292 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.2.3292:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.5.3415_beta cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.5.3415_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.5.3595 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.5.3595:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
aol instant_messenger 5.9.3702 cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:5.9.3702:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1655

cvelogic Threat Intelligence