CVE Catalog

CVE-2002-1665

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger before February 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long set_buddygrp field.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the service or execute unauthorized code, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Yahoo! Messenger to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor systems for unauthorized activities.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger before February 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long set_buddygrp field.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS