CVE-2006-3298 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Yahoo! Messenger versions 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438. Remote attackers can crash the application, specifically the jscript.dll component, by sending messages containing non-ASCII characters. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and a partial impact on availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.438CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:7.0.438:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5.0.814CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:7.5.0.814:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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