CVE-2003-1135 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger version 5.6. This flaw allows a remote attacker to trigger a denial of service by sending a file transfer request containing an excessive number of percent characters after the Yahoo ID. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.6, indicating low severity, with a network attack vector, high access complexity, and a partial impact on availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.