CVE-2007-5989
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in the skype4com URI handler in Skype before 3.6 GOLD allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "short string values" that result in heap corruption.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5959)
- Published
- December 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5959 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
- skype technologies / skype
References
- http://osvdb.org/39170
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27934(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3440
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019056
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484703/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26748
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4110
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-070.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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