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Skype: Critical Advisory - Buffer Overflow with Malformed URLs
Oct 25, 2005
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Anthony Pell
1 min read
Topics Covered
It looks like that Skype can be made to execute arbitrary code through a buffer overflow when the software is called upon to handle malformed URLs that are in form of callto:// and skype://.
In addition, Skype can be made to execute arbitrary code during importation of a VCARD that is in a specific non-standard format.
The link for this article located at Net-Security.org - LogError is no longer available.
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