National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2002-0155

Overview

Buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Chat ActiveX Control, as used in MSN Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, and Exchange Instant Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ResDLL parameter in the MSNChat OCX.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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CERT/CC Advisory: CA-2002-13

Name: CA-2002-13

Hyperlink:http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-13.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS02-022

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms02-022.asp

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20020508 ADVISORY: MSN Messenger OCX Buffer Overflow

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=102089960531919&w=2

External Source: BID

Name: 4707

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4707

External Source: XF

Name: msn-chatcontrol-resdll-bo(9041)

Hyperlink:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9041.php