Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-3638. PoCs published by Rajesh Sethumadhavan.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a remote buffer overflow vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 and prior versions. The exploit involves creating a malformed address book entry with an excessive number of 'a' characters in the email field, leading to a crash when hovered over in the application.
Description
Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 allows user-assisted remote authenticated users, who are listed in an address book, to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, aka ZD-00000005. NOTE: this information is based upon a vague advisory by a vulnerability information sales organization that does not coordinate with vendors or release actionable advisories. A CVE has been assigned for tracking purposes, but duplicates with other CVEs are difficult to determine.
Exploits (1)
This is a writeup describing a remote buffer overflow vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 and prior versions. The exploit involves creating a malformed address book entry with an excessive number of 'a' characters in the email field, leading to a crash when hovered over in the application.