CVE-2006-3298

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.91% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622	vdb entry exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20773	exploit third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27319	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3298?: CVE-2006-3298 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3298?: To fix CVE-2006-3298, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-3298 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3298 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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