VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-7216
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Yahoo!
HIGH 9.3EPSS 6.83%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) shortcut or (2) title keys in an emoticons.xml file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.83% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- yahoo/messenger
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133443/Yahoo-Messenger-11.5.0.228-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536390/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033544
- https://hackerone.com/reports/10767
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2015/09/cve-2014-7216-a-journey-through-yahoos-bug-bounty-program/Exploit
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133443/Yahoo-Messenger-11.5.0.228-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/24
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536390/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033544
- https://hackerone.com/reports/10767
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2015/09/cve-2014-7216-a-journey-through-yahoos-bug-bounty-program/Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.