CVE-2007-3148
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Viewer ActiveX control in ywcvwr.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 12.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in the Yahoo! Webcam Viewer ActiveX control in ywcvwr.dll 2.0.1.4 for Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.249 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long server property value to the receive method.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Yahoo! Messenger Webcam 8.1 - 'Ywcvwr.dll' Download / Execute (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4052remote, windowspublished 8 Jun 2007Verified
- Yahoo! Messenger Webcam 8.1 - ActiveX Remote Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4043remote, windowspublished 7 Jun 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4043 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.3% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- 4043 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- yahoo-webcam-viewer-bo(34759) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 37081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/upcoming/20070605.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=060707 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2094 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070608 EEYE: Yahoo Webcam ActiveX Controls Multiple Buffer Overflows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1018204 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20070607 2nd Yahoo 0day ActiveX Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 24341 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1018203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070608.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#932217 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-3140 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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