CVE-2004-0043 in Messenger

Summary

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.

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• Disclosure: 02/03/2004
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-470 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.03243
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0043
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0043
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2004-0043/