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CVE-2006-3298
Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages that contain non-ASCII…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.0%
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- mitre
Description
Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages that contain non-ASCII characters, which triggers the crash in jscript.dll.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 13% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20773 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- yahoo-messenger-nonascii-dos(27319) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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