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$ cve CVE-2007-4391 JSON

CVE-2007-4391 EXPLOIT

9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.3% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.3 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS9.31% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-20
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2007-08-17
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
yahoomessenger

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbYahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.413 - 'webcam' Remote Crash2007-08-29
exploit-dbYahoo! Messenger 8.1 - 'KDU_V32M.DLL' Remote Denial of Service2007-08-15

References

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