CVE-2002-0005
Buffer overflow in AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) 4.7.2480, 4.8.2616, and other versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 15.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- AOL Instant Messenger 4.x - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21196remote, windowspublished 2 Jan 2002Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.5% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- aim-game-overflow(7743) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#907819 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20020102 w00w00 on AOL Instant Messenger (serious vulnerability) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020102 AIM addendum (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 3769 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020102 w00w00 on AOL Instant Messenger (serious vulnerability) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20020102 AIM addendum (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-0005 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-0005)Record last updated .