National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5989

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-070.html

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-070.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4110

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4110

External Source: BID

Name: 26748

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26748

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20071206 ZDI-07-070: Skype skype4com URI Handler Remote Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/484703/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27934

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27934

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 39170

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/39170

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019056

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1019056

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3440

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3440