CVE-2007-6228

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2007-6228 · Published 04/12/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-6228 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting toolbar (yahoo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
toolbar yahoo	`= 1.4.1`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Helper class in the yt.ythelper.2 ActiveX control in Yahoo! Toolbar 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a long argument to the c method.

References

lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058725.html · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/26656
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38769

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