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| Skype is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied data. |
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Credit:
The information has been provided by Benjamin Kunz Mejri.
The original article can be found at: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50308
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Vulnerable Systems:
* Skype Technologies Skype 5.3.0.120
* Skype Technologies Skype 5.3
Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application. Failed attacks will cause denial-of-service conditions.
Vendor Status:
Skype had issued an update for this vulnerability
Patch Availability:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/
Disclosure Timeline:
Initial Release : Oct 20 2011
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