Vulnerability Report

CVE-2007-1680

Title: Yahoo Messenger RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2007-1680.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Apr 06, 2007
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
8.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2007-1680: Stack-based buffer overflow in the createAndJoinConference function in the AudioConf ActiveX control (yacscom.dll) in Yahoo! Messenger before 20070313 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) socksHostname and (2) hostname properties.

Impacted Vendors

Y
yahoo 1
R
relatedcode 1

Reference Links

http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=031207 http://osvdb.org/34319 http://secunia.com/advisories/24742 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2523 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/388377 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464607/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23291 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017867 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1219 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-012.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33408 http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=031207 http://osvdb.org/34319 http://secunia.com/advisories/24742 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2523 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/388377 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464607/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23291 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017867 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1219 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-012.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33408
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
9.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2007-1680 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.