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CVSSv2

CVE-2014-7216

Published: 11/09/2015 Updated: 09/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 829
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228 and previous versions allow remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) shortcut or (2) title keys in an emoticons.xml file.

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Yahoo! won't! fix! emoticon! exploit! in! death! row! Messenger!
The Register • Darren Pauli • 10 Sep 2015

Mitre, Purple Palace; Where is the dumb-user line? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Updated Hacker Julien Ahrens says Yahoo! Messenger contains a remote code execution hole that the Purple Palace won't fix. The buffer overflow holes (CVE-2014-7216) will keep bleeding, Ahrens says, because Yahoo! has told him the relevant app is end-of-life and therefore low on Yahoo!'s to-do list. Yahoo! has been contacted for comment. Exploiting the flaw relies on victims installing new emoticon packages, a vector Ahrens feels is a very live threat given instant messaging users are rather keen...

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References

CWE-119http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133443/Yahoo-Messenger-11.5.0.228-Buffer-Overflow.htmlhttps://hackerone.com/reports/10767https://www.rcesecurity.com/2015/09/cve-2014-7216-a-journey-through-yahoos-bug-bounty-program/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033544http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Sep/24http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/536390/100/0/threadedhttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/10/yahooii_wontii_fixii_emoticonii_exploitii_inii_deathii_rowii_messengerii/
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