CVE-2002-0031

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 5,0,0,1064 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ymsgr URI with long arguments to (1) call, (2) sendim, (3) getimv, (4) chat, (5) addview, or (6) addfriend.

Buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 5,0,0,1064 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ymsgr URI with long arguments to (1) call, (2) sendim, (3) getimv, (4) chat, (5) addview, or (6) addfriend.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 22 years ago

2002-07-26 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:26:00

Affected Software

Yahoo Messenger 5.0

5.0

References

20020527 Yahoo Messenger - Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vendor Advisory

CA-2002-16

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

VU#137115

US Government Resource

4837

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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