CVE-2005-1618
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 3.2%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDMay 16
1st PoCMay 13
exploitation probability
3.2%top 13% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
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
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 1✓ VexDay Proof
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