CVE-2005-1618

published 2005-05-16

CVE-2005-1618: The YMSGR URL handler in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via a room login or a room join…

Priority P4 21 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C N I N A P

EXPLOIT

The YMSGR URL handler in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via a room login or a room join request packet with a third : (colon) and an & (ampersand), which causes Messenger to send a corrupted packet to the server, which triggers a disconnect from the server.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
yahoo	messenger	—	—
yahoo	messenger	—	—
yahoo	messenger	—	—

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