Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in YVerInfo.dll before 2007.8.27.1 in the Yahoo! services suite for Yahoo! Messenger before 8.1.0.419 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving arguments to the (1) fvCom and (2) info methods. 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://osvdb.org/37739 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26579 | third party advisory patch vendor advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36363 | vdb entry |
| http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=082907 | patch |
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=591 | third party advisory patch vendor advisory |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3083 | third party advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1018628 | vdb entry |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25494 | vdb entry |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3011 | vdb entry |