MEDIUM
Unspecified vulnerability in the skype4com URI handler in Skype before 3.6 GOLD allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "short string values" that result in heap corruption
Published Dec 13, 2007
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.42%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the skype4com URI handler in Skype before 3.6 GOLD allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "short string values" that result in heap corruption.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.98.0.04
- 1.0.0.9
- 1.0.0.10
- 1.0.0.18
- 1.0.0.29
- 1.0.0.94
- 1.0.0.97
- 1.0.0.100
- 1.1.0.0
- 1.4.0.83
- 1.5.0.79
- 1.5.80
- 2.0
- 2.0.104
- 2.0.105
- 2.5
- 2.5.78
- 2.5.79
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
4.42% 0.04421
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04421
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 (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.42% (0.04421) | 91.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.44% (0.04441) | 90.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 6.50% (0.06505) | 91.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | 5.16% (0.05157) | 89.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 7.74% (0.07740) | 91.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 6.06% (0.06063) | 89.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.13% (0.04134) | 80.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.06% (0.06063) | 90.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 41.77% (0.41765) | 97.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 87.08% (0.87080) | 98.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 16, 2024 | 87.18% (0.87179) | 98.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 86.89% (0.86887) | 98.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 86.29% (0.86286) | 97.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.26% (0.08263) | 93.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.26% (0.08263) | 92.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.26% (0.08263) | 82.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/39170 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27934 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3440 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019056 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484703/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26748 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4110 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-070.html x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/39170 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27934 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3440 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1019056 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484703/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26748 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4110 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-070.html | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 13, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 14, 2007
Link CVE-2007-5989
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a