CVE-2007-6535 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the YShortcut ActiveX control in YShortcut.dll 2006.8.15.1 in Yahoo! Toolbar might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the IsTaggedBM method.

Published: 2007-12-27

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 1.9% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:toolbar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6501	Buffer overflow in the YShortcut ActiveX control in YShortcut.dll 2006.8.15.1 in Yahoo! Toolbar might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the IsTaggedBM method.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

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.

The EPSS score is 0.01891.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-December/059204.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26956
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39155

History

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Subscriptions

Yahoo Toolbar

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-27T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:11:06.031Z

Reserved: 2007-12-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6535

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-27T23:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:48:17.087

Link: CVE-2007-6535

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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