CVE-2006-6603

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the YMMAPI.YMailAttach ActiveX control (ymmapi.dll) before 2005.1.1.4 in Yahoo! Messenger allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document. NOTE: some details were obtained from third party information.

Affected products

yahoo Messenger: through 8.0; 5.0, 5.5, 5.6, 6.0, 7.0, 7.5

References

http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=120806
http://secunia.com/advisories/23401
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017387
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/901852
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21607
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5016
http://messenger.yahoo.com/security_update.php?id=120806
http://secunia.com/advisories/23401
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017387
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/901852
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21607
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5016

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