CVE-2007-3928: yahoo messenger

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-3928 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in yahoo messenger. EPSS estimates a 5.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-07-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long e-mail address in an address book entry. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2007-3638.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.