{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-10027 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2011-10027 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2011-10027 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in AOL Desktop, published on 20 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2011-10027 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2011-10027 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in AOL Desktop, published on 20 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2011-10027 exists.\n\nAffected product: AOL Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-10027/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-10027/index.md)","id":"CVE-2011-10027","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-10027/index.md","name":"CVE-2011-10027","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-49qg-jhw7-fj9x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"end_of_life","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"AOL Desktop","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via a malicious .rtx file due to a stack-based buffer overflow in AOL Desktop.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.4,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-121","name":"Stack-based Buffer Overflow"}],"description":"AOL Desktop 9.6 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in its Tool\\rich.rct component when parsing .rtx files. By embedding an overly long string in a hyperlink tag, an attacker can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow due to the use of unsafe strcpy operations. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when a victim opens a malicious .rtx file. AOL Desktop is end-of-life and no longer supported. Users are encouraged to migrate to AOL Desktop Gold or alternative platforms.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2011-01-31","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2011-01-31","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/windows/fileformat/aol_desktop_linktag","stars":null,"title":"AOL Desktop 9.6 RTX Buffer Overflow"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"AOL Desktop 9.6 RTX Stack-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2011-10027","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2011"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"RealNetworks Arcade Games StubbyUtil.ProcessMgr ActiveX Arbitrary Code Execution","id":"CVE-2011-10028"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Spreecommerce \u003c 0.50.x API RCE","id":"CVE-2011-10026"},"products":["AOL Desktop"],"published":"2025-08-20","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-15","vendors":["AOL Inc."]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via a malicious .rtx file due to a stack-based buffer overflow in AOL Desktop.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-10027/"}