CVE-2007-3148

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-06-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Viewer ActiveX control in ywcvwr.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long server property value to the receive method.

Affected products

yahoo Messenger: 2.0.1.4, 8.0, 8.0.0.863, 8.0.1, 8.0_2005.1.1.4, 8.1.0.249

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-June/063819.html
http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=060707
http://osvdb.org/37081
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070608.html
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070605.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25547
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018204
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/932217
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470861/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24341
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24355
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018203

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