Is CVE-2007-4034 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-4034 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-4034?

CVE-2007-4034 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-4034

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 13.0%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 13.0% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-4018)
Published: July 27, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4018 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

yahoo / widgets

References

http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/widgets/security/security-08.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/37705
http://secunia.com/advisories/26011(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/120760(US Government Resource)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086(Exploit, Patch)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018470
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2679

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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