CVE-1999-0486

Published Feb 1, 1998

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: Denial of service in AOL Instant Messenger when a remote attacker sends a malicious hyperlink to the receiving client, potentially causing a system crash.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:aol:instant_messenger:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4AECAE9C-64B4-4BE9-AC7B-10108C8AA42C"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References