Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-5563 - Remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Yahoo Messenger 8.0

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
yahoo
NVD
Published: 2006-10-27
Updated: 2018-10-17

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger (Service 18) before 8.1.0.195 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted room name in a Conference Invite. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Yahoo
1

References