01 Record
CVE-2004-0043
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-01-14 05:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-01-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4ca71ac3b4b7837c9d4ce7209a3c706971450f5094114a9b5c2212cc139a8050
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20040108 Yahoo Instant Messenger Long Filename Downloading Buffer Overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107357996802255&w=2
- secunia.com10573http://secunia.com/advisories/10573
- www.securitytracker.com1008651http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008651
- www.securityfocus.com9383http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9383
- www.osvdb.org3437http://www.osvdb.org/3437
- lists.grok.org.uk20040108 Yahoo Instant Messenger Long Filename Downloading Buffer Overflowhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015334.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comyahoo-messenger-filename-bo(14171)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14171