CVE-2002-0031

critical

Description

Buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 5,0,0,1064 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ymsgr URI with long arguments to (1) call, (2) sendim, (3) getimv, (4) chat, (5) addview, or (6) addfriend.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4837

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137115

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274223

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-07-26

Updated: 2008-09-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical