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CVE-2003-1135

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a file send request (sendfile) with a large number of "%" (percent) characters after the Yahoo ID.

Affected products

• yahoo Messenger: 5.6

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342472
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8894
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/342472
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8894

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