Vulnerability CVE-2007-4515
Published: 2007-08-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in YVerInfo.dll before 2007.8.27.1 in the Yahoo! services suite for Yahoo! Messenger before 8.1.0.419 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving arguments to the (1) fvCom and (2) info methods. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Yahoo Messenger YVerInfo.dll ActiveX Multiple Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
iDefense Lab
03.09.2007

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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://secunia.com/advisories/26579
http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=082907
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=591
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/36363
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3011
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25494
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018628
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3083
http://osvdb.org/37739
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