CVE-2007-4635 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Yahoo! Messenger via malicious file-transfer packets, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-4635?
CVE-2007-4635 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.209 and 8.1.0.402 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain file-transfer packets, possibly involving a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by ym8bug.exe. NOTE: this might be related to CVE-2007-4515. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-4635?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Yahoo Messenger.
How do I fix CVE-2007-4635?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-4635 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-4635 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2007-4635 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3pqv-3gf8-jfg6.