PT-2002-2389 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Messenger

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2002-1665

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Yahoo! Messenger versions prior to February 2002

Description A buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, potentially leading to a crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long set buddygrp field.

Recommendations For versions prior to February 2002, update to a version released after February 2002 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1665

Affected Products

Yahoo! Messenger

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1665 · Security Note
• http://cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html · Patch
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101439616623230&w=2 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/755755 · Note