Yahoo! Messenger Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2014-7216)

Yahoo! Messenger Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2014-7216)
Yahoo! Messenger Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2014-7216)

Release date:
Updated on:

Affected Systems:

Yahoo! Messenger 11.5.0.228
Yahoo! Messenger 10.0.0.2009

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2014-7216

Yahoo! Messenger is translated into Yahoo Messenger, one of the mainstream international instant messaging tools.

Yahoo! Multiple stack buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the implementation of Messenger 11.5.0.228 and earlier versions. Remote attackers use emoticons. this vulnerability can cause denial of service or arbitrary code execution.

<* Source: Julien Ahrens

Link: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/536390/100/0/threaded
*>

Test method:

Alert

The following procedures (methods) may be offensive and are intended only for security research and teaching. Users are at your own risk!

Julien Ahrens () provides the following test methods:

YahooMessenger.exe:

Title value:
0051D2C1 push dword ptr ds: [EAX];/String2
0051D2C3 lea eax, dword ptr ss: [EBP]; |
0051D2C6 push eax; | String1
0051D2C7 call dword ptr ds: [<& KERNEL32.lstrcpyW>; \ lstrcpyW

Shortcut value:
0051D326 push dword ptr ds: [ESI + 4];/String2
0051D329 lea eax, dword ptr ss: [EBP]; |
0051D32C push eax; | String1
0051D32D call dword ptr ds: [<& KERNEL32.lstrcpyW>; \ lstrcpyW

Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

Yahoo!
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Currently, the vendor does not provide patches or upgrade programs. We recommend that users who use the software follow the vendor's homepage to obtain the latest version:

Http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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