{"id":"CVE-2014-7216","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-7216","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:21.918Z","title":"Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Yahoo!","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.","published":"2015-09-11T20:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:14:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["yahoo/messenger"],"epss":{"score":0.06832,"percentile":0.93981,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133443/Yahoo-Messenger-11.5.0.228-Buffer-Overflow.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/24","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536390/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033544","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/10767","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.rcesecurity.com/2015/09/cve-2014-7216-a-journey-through-yahoos-bug-bounty-program/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133443/Yahoo-Messenger-11.5.0.228-Buffer-Overflow.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/24","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536390/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033544","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/10767","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.rcesecurity.com/2015/09/cve-2014-7216-a-journey-through-yahoos-bug-bounty-program/","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7216","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}