Yahoo! Messenger Unspecified ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
Friday, 15. December 2006, 21:06:55
Yahoo! Messenger Unspecified ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow
- Highly critical - From remote Issued 10 hours ago.
A vulnerability has been reported in Yahoo! Messenger, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
A vulnerability has been reported in Yahoo! Messenger, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in an ActiveX control and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further information is currently available.
The vulnerability is reported in versions obtained prior to Nov 2, 2006.
Update to the latest version http://messenger.yahoo.com/
Secunia has constructed the Secunia Software Inspector, which you can use to check if your system is vulnerable to this issue http://secunia.com/software_inspector/
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