CVE-2007-4034

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets)...

9.3 HighPublic exploit

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets) ActiveX control before 2007.7.13.3 (20070620) in YDPCTL.dll in Yahoo! Widgets before 4.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the GetComponentVersion method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploit likelihood

13.0%Down 2.2 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2007-4034
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2007-4034
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2007-4018 No score

Record: EUVD-2007-4018
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h838-jhq5-7hmc No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the YDPCTL.YDPControl.1 (aka Yahoo! Installer Plugin for Widgets)...

Record: GHSA-h838-jhq5-7hmc
Weakness: CWE-119
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

yahoo widgets

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Yahoo! Widget < 4.0.5 - 'GetComponentVersion()' Remote Overflow	2007-07-31

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	aliases, exploits, facts, references, title	Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2007-4034 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Yahoo Widgets, published July 27, 2007. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.0%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.