Yahoo Messenger JPG Photo Sharing Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Summary
This host is installed with Yahoo! Messenger and is prone to integer overflow vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted JPG file. Impact Level: Application
Solution
Upgrade to Yahoo! Messenger version 11.5.0.155 or later For updates refer to http://messenger.yahoo.com/download/
Insight
The flaw is due to an integer overflow error in the 'CYImage::LoadJPG()' method (YImage.dll) when allocating memory using the image dimension values.
Affected
Yahoo! Messenger version prior to 11.5.0.155 on Windows.
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