VUPEN Security - Skype "skype4com" URI Handler Remote Heap Corruption Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : Skype "skype4com" URI Handler Remote Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-4110
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5989
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-12-07

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A vulnerability has been identified in Skype, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error within the "skype4com" URI handler when processing short string values, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

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Vulnerability reported by ZDI.

ChangeLog

2007-12-07 : Initial release

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