- Description
- Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 5.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a file send request (sendfile) with a large number of "%" (percent) characters after the Yahoo ID.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.6
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 4.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:yahoo:messenger:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "92465439-530F-435E-976F-491AD3C56944"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]