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.
The 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.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018470 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26011 | patch vendor advisory third party advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679 | vdb entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086 | patch vdb entry exploit |
| http://osvdb.org/37705 | vdb entry |
| http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html | patch vendor advisory |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760 | third party advisory us government resource |