Description
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Audio Conferencing (aka Voice Chat) ActiveX control before 1,0,0,45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL with a long hostname to Yahoo! Messenger or Yahoo! Chat.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Yahoo! Voice Chat ActiveX Control 1.0.0.43 - Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-22593 · remote · May 12, 2003 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 7561 vdb-entry
- yahoo-audio-bo(12130) vdb-entry
- VU#272644 third-party-advisory
- http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/use/use-45.html
- 8924 third-party-advisory
- 20030530 Yahoo! Security Advisory: Yahoo! Voice Chat mailing-list