Buffer overflow in Yahoo Toolbar

CVE-2007-6228

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Helper class in the yt.ythelper.2 ActiveX control in Yahoo! Toolbar 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long argument to the c method.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Yahoo Toolbar — versions 1.4.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)