The ActiveX Control (yNotifier.dll) in Yahoo! Assistant 3.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors in the Ynoifier COM object that trigger memory corruption.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-2111 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.39%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31748 | exploit_db | edb | 2008-05-06 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 15.77% | 5.39% | -10.38% |
| 2 | 2025-10-27 | 13.54% | 15.77% | +2.23% |
| 3 | 2025-06-27 | — | 13.54% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| yahoo | yahoo_assistant | <= 3.6 | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:yahoo_assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |