Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0031

Title: Yahoo! Messenger ymsgr URI long arguments buffer overflow

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-0031

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jul 26, 2002
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.94%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0031: Buffer overflows in Yahoo! Messenger 5,0,0,1064 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ymsgr URI with long arguments to (1) call, (2) sendim, (3) getimv, (4) chat, (5) addview, or (6) addfriend.

Impacted Vendors

R
relatedcode 1
Y
yahoo 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274223 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137115 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4837 http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274223 http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-16.html http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/137115 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4837
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0031 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45
View Code
Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21484
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.