Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

BID:8634

Info

Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8634
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 16 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 16 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Cesar <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control 2.0 .0.107
+ Yahoo! Instant Messenger 3.5
+ Yahoo! Instant Messenger build 734
+ Yahoo! Instant Messenger build 733
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.5
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1232
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1065
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1046
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0
+ Yahoo! Messenger 4.0
Not Vulnerable: Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control 2.0 .0.108
+ Yahoo! Instant Messenger 3.5
+ Yahoo! Instant Messenger build 734
+ Yahoo! Instant Messenger build 733
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.5
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1232
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1065
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 .1046
+ Yahoo! Messenger 5.0
+ Yahoo! Messenger 4.0

Solution / Fix

Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

Solution:
It has been reported that this issue has been addressed in the latest version of Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control. A download option for this latest control will be prompted to the user upon invoking their Yahoo! software.

References

Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control Buffer Overrun Vulnerability

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