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CVE-2007-4391

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2007-08-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kakadu kdu_v32m.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.413 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain length field in JPEG2000 data, as demonstrated by sending an "invite to view my webcam" request, and then injecting a DLL into the attacker's peer Yahoo! Messenger application when this request is accepted.

Affected Platforms

Yahoo Messenger

Weakness Type

CWE-20, CWE-119

References