CVE-2006-3298 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via messages that contain non-ASCII characters, which triggers the crash in jscript.dll.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.99% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-06-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| yahoo | messenger |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Yahoo! Messenger 7.0/7.5 - 'jscript.dll' Non-ASCII Character Denial of Service | 2006-06-23 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20773
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27319
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20773
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27319
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