CVE-2007-4034: yahoo widgets

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-4034 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in yahoo widgets. EPSS estimates a 12.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 27-07-2007
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

• 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.