CVE-2007-4391

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in Kakadu kdu_v32m.dll in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.413 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain length field in JPEG2000 data, as demonstrated by sending an "invite to view my webcam" request, and then injecting a DLL into the attacker's peer Yahoo! Messenger application when this request is accepted.

Published: 2007-08-17 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-4391 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.31%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-4391

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4335 exploit_db edb 2007-08-29 Exploit-DB ↗
30500 exploit_db edb 2007-08-15 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4391

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 16.07% 9.31% -6.76%
2 2026-05-28 18.12% 16.07% -2.04%
3 2026-04-05 18.12%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4391

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4391

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4391

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yahoo messenger 8.1.0.413 cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:8.1.0.413:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4391

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