CVE-2005-1618 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger versions 5.x through 6.0. Remote attackers could exploit a flaw in the YMSGR URL handler by sending a specially crafted room login or join request, leading to a disconnect from the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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