Skype Technologies Skype Quick-Call Field Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:11692

Info

Skype Technologies Skype Quick-Call Field Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11692
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 16 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 16 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Fabian Becker <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.97
Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.94
Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.9
Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.29
Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.18
Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.10
Not Vulnerable: Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.100

Discussion

Skype Technologies Skype Quick-Call Field Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Skype is reported prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability. This issue occurs due to a lack of bounds checking performed by the application.

This vulnerability may result in the corruption of sensitive regions of memory. Ultimately, this may be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of a user running Skype.

This issue exists in Skype 1.0.0.97 and prior versions.

Exploit / POC

Skype Technologies Skype Quick-Call Field Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Skype Technologies Skype Quick-Call Field Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Skype 1.0.0.100 to address this issue.


Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.9

Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.29

Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.94

Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.10

Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.18

Skype Technologies Skype 1.0 .0.97

References

Skype Technologies Skype Quick-Call Field Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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