CVE-2007-4391
Heap-based buffer overflow in Kakadu kdu_v32m.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.413 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain length field in JPEG2000 data, as demonstrated by sending an "invite to view my webcam" request, and then injecting a DLL into the attacker's peer Yahoo! Messenger application when this request is accepted.
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-20
- EPSS score
- 9.3% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4374)
- Published
- August 17, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4374 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- yahoo / messenger
References
- http://osvdb.org/38221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26501
- http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2007/08/15/more-on-the-yahoo-messenger-webcam-0day/
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/515968(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25330
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018586
- http://www.team509.com/expyahoo.rar
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2917
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36115
- https://www.xfocus.net/bbs/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=64639&page=1#entry321749
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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