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Skype: Critical Advisory - Buffer Overflow with Malformed URLs

Calendar Oct 25, 2005 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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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.

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