CVE-2005-1618

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The YMSGR URL handler in Yahoo! Messenger 5.x through 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disconnect) via a room login or a room join request packet with a third : (colon) and an & (ampersand), which causes Messenger to send a corrupted packet to the server, which triggers a disconnect from the server.

Affected products

yahoo Messenger: 5.5, 5.6, 6.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111601904204055&w=2
http://www.osvdb.org/16816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13626
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111601904204055&w=2
http://www.osvdb.org/16816
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13626

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