Vulnerability CVE-2007-4391
Published: 2007-08-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Kakadu kdu_v32m.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.413 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain length field in JPEG2000 data, as demonstrated by sending an "invite to view my webcam" request, and then injecting a DLL into the attacker's peer Yahoo! Messenger application when this request is accepted.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Yahoo -> Messenger 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/515968
https://www.xfocus.net/bbs/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=64639&page=1#entry321749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2917
http://www.team509.com/expyahoo.rar
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25330
http://osvdb.org/38221
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36115
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018586
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2007/08/15/more-on-the-yahoo-messenger-webcam-0day/
http://secunia.com/advisories/26501
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