CVE-2007-5396

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the ext_yahoo_contact_added function in yahoo.c in Miranda IM 0.7.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Y7 Buddy Authorization packet with format string specifiers in the contact Yahoo! handle (who).

Affected products

Miranda-Im Miranda Im: 0.7.1

References

http://miranda.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/miranda/trunk/miranda/protocols/Yahoo/yahoo.c?r1=6601&r2=6699&diff_format=l
http://secunia.com/advisories/27402
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-89/advisory/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26389
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3823
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38362
http://miranda.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/miranda/trunk/miranda/protocols/Yahoo/yahoo.c?r1=6601&r2=6699&diff_format=l
http://secunia.com/advisories/27402
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-89/advisory/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26389
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3823
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38362

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