Buffer overflow in Yahoo Widgets
CVE-2007-4034
Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.130 (96.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.130 · newest: 0.130 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26011 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- osvdb.org/37705 (vdb-entry)
- help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)