PT-2007-5793 · Yahoo · Yahoo! Messenger

Published 2007-08-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2007-4635

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Yahoo! Messenger versions 8.1.0.209 through 8.1.0.402

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via certain file-transfer packets. This might involve a buffer overflow.

Recommendations For versions 8.1.0.209 through 8.1.0.402, consider disabling file-transfer functionality until a patch is available to prevent potential crashes.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-4635

Affected Products

Yahoo! Messenger

References · 3

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/30544 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/25484 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4635 · Security Note