CVE-2005-1618

Yahoo! Messenger 5.x/6.0 - URL Handler Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-05-13 First Exploit
2005-05-16 CVE Reserved
2005-05-16 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-11-21 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111601904204055&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.osvdb.org/16816	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13626	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25658	2005-05-13

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Yahoo Search vendor "Yahoo"		Messenger Search vendor "Yahoo" for product "Messenger"				5.5 Search vendor "Yahoo" for product "Messenger" and version "5.5"		-		Affected
Yahoo Search vendor "Yahoo"		Messenger Search vendor "Yahoo" for product "Messenger"				5.6 Search vendor "Yahoo" for product "Messenger" and version "5.6"		-		Affected
Yahoo Search vendor "Yahoo"		Messenger Search vendor "Yahoo" for product "Messenger"				6.0 Search vendor "Yahoo" for product "Messenger" and version "6.0"		-		Affected