Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:24784

Info

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24784
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3638
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 02 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:37PM
Credit: WabiSabiLabi is offering this vulnerability for auction. It was discovered by an unknown researcher.
Vulnerable: Yahoo! Messenger 8.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Yahoo! Messenger is prone to an unspecified buffer-overflow vulnerability. The software purportedly fails to perform sufficient bounds-checking of user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 is reportedly vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

A proof-of-concept is reportedly available only to WabiSabiLabi and to the eventual purchaser of the vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 Unspecified Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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