CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1618

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2005-05-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-05-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• yahoo messenger 5.5 • yahoo messenger 5.6 • yahoo messenger 6.0

References