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CVE-2005-1618

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductYahoo Messenger
PublishedMay 16, 2005
First seenMay 16, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
yahoo messenger5.5, 5.6, 6.0—

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