HIGH
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 feature
Published Jan 14, 2004
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.60%
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 feature.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.60% 0.03601
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03601
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03601) | 89.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.60% (0.03601) | 87.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.24% (0.03243) | 86.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.02% (0.08017) | 94.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 29, 2024 | 8.02% (0.08017) | 93.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.83% (0.06831) | 92.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 89.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 88.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.14% (0.05139) | 75.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015334.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107357996802255&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10573 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.osvdb.org/3437 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9383 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008651 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14171 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-January/015334.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107357996802255&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/10573 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/3437 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9383 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1008651 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14171 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 14, 2004
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jan 8, 2004
Link CVE-2004-0043
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a