CVE-2004-0043

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-02-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Yahoo Instant Messenger 5.6.0.1351 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the download feature.

Affected products

yahoo Messenger: through 5.6.0.1351

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015334.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107357996802255&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10573
http://www.osvdb.org/3437
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9383
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008651
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14171
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015334.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107357996802255&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/10573
http://www.osvdb.org/3437
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9383

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