CVE-2002-0031

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 5,0,0,1064 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ymsgr URI with long arguments to (1) call, (2) sendim, (3) getimv, (4) chat, (5) addview, or (6) addfriend.

Affected products

yahoo Messenger: 5.0

References

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274223
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4837
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274223
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4837

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