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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2007-4034 in the critical feed json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo!

published 2007-07-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4018

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.0%
EPSS 13.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-4250)

Exploit prediction

12.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-4250 Yahoo! Widget < 4.0.5 - 'GetComponentVersion()' Remote Overflow remote, 2007-07-31
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25086 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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