CVE-2009-4171

Published Dec 2, 2009

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: An ActiveX control in YahooBridgeLib.dll for Yahoo! Messenger 9.0.0.2162, and possibly other 9.0 versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) by calling the RegisterMe method with a long argument.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:9.0.0.2162:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "6A1FEC40-A9EA-44AF-9DF3-1F85E1DDE4FF"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References