Messenger vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Messenger is made by Yahoo. We track 33 published vulnerabilities in it, across 82 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Messenger, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.
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Which Messenger vulnerabilities are being exploited?
This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.
None of Messenger's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Messenger flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 40%CVE-2007-3147Critical
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Upload ActiveX control in ywcupl.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo!
- 33%CVE-2007-4515Critical
Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in YVerInfo.dll before 2007.8.27.1 in the Yahoo!
- 12%CVE-2007-3148Critical
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Viewer ActiveX control in ywcvwr.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo!
- 9.3%CVE-2007-4391Critical
Heap-based buffer overflow in Kakadu kdu_v32m.dll in Yahoo!
- 8.4%CVE-2007-1680Critical
Stack-based buffer overflow in the createAndJoinConference function in the AudioConf ActiveX control (yacscom.dll) in Yahoo!
- 7.0%CVE-2002-0320High
Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) message or (2) IMvironment field.
- 6.8%CVE-2014-7216Critical
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Yahoo!
- 6.6%CVE-2006-6603Critical
Buffer overflow in the YMMAPI.YMailAttach ActiveX control (ymmapi.dll) before 2005.1.1.4 in Yahoo!
- 5.7%CVE-2007-3928High
Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 allows user-assisted remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long e-mail address in an address book entry.
- 5.1%CVE-2009-4171Medium
An ActiveX control in YahooBridgeLib.dll for Yahoo!
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Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Upload ActiveX control in ywcupl.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long server property value to the send method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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We track 33 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Messenger, across 82 versions.
None of Messenger's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.
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