Yahoo! Audio Conferencing up to 1.0.0.42 ActiveX Control memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Yahoo! Audio Conferencing up to 1.0.0.42. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-1129. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Yahoo! Audio Conferencing up to 1.0.0.42. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Audio Conferencing (aka Voice Chat) ActiveX control before 1,0,0,45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL with a long hostname to Yahoo! Messenger or Yahoo! Chat.

The weakness was shared 12/31/2003 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-1129 since 03/12/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 1.0.0.43 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12130), Exploit-DB (22593), SecurityFocus (BID 7561†) and Secunia (SA8924†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Audio Conferencing 1.0.0.43

Timelineinfo

05/12/2003 🔍
06/03/2003 +22 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +211 days 🔍
12/31/2003 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2005 +437 days 🔍
08/22/2014 +3450 days 🔍
04/25/2025 +3899 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: yahoo.com

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2003-1129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-21114
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X-Force: 12130
SecurityFocus: 7561 - Yahoo! Voice Chat ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 8924 - Yahoo! Chat and Messenger Hostname Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Moderately Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 08/22/2014 13:26
Updated: 04/25/2025 15:17
Changes: 08/22/2014 13:26 (53), 07/04/2017 08:05 (6), 11/19/2024 10:29 (17), 04/25/2025 15:17 (11)
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