CVE-2004-0043 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in Yahoo Instant Messenger 5.6.0.1351 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the download feature.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03243.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Yahoo	Messenger

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-0043	Buffer overflow in Yahoo Instant Messenger 5.6.0.1351 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the download feature.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015334.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107357996802255&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10573
http://www.osvdb.org/3437
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9383
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008651
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14171

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2004-01-14T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.619Z

Reserved: 2004-01-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-0043

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-02-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-0043

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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