Yahoo! Messenger non-ASCII denial of service
| yahoo-messenger-nonascii-dos (27319) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Yahoo! Messenger is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by improper handling of messages containing non-ASCII characters. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted message containing non-ASCII characters to cause the victim's client to crash. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Yahoo! Messenger Web site: Yahoo! Messenger.
- BID-18622: Yahoo! Messenger Message Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
- BID-19211: Yahoo! Messenger Remote Search String Arbitrary Browser Navigation Vulnerability
- 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 characters, which triggers the crash in jscript.dll.
- SA20773: Yahoo! Messenger Denial of Service Weakness
Platforms Affected:
- Yahoo Messenger 7.5.0.814
Reported:
Jun 22, 2006
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