Vulnerability CVE-2009-4171
Published: 2009-12-02   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
An ActiveX control in YahooBridgeLib.dll for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2162, and possibly other 9.0 versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by calling the RegisterMe method with a long argument.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
Yahoo Messenger 9 ActiveX DoS (Null Pointer) Vulnerability
HACKATTACK IT SE...
16.11.2009

Type:

CWE-119

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Yahoo -> Messenger 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507818/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37007
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54263
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