MEDIUM
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
Published Jun 29, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.99%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.99% 0.02993
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02993
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.99% (0.02993) | 86.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.94% (0.02937) | 85.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.91% (0.04913) | 88.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 4.96% (0.04956) | 92.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 3.48% (0.03484) | 90.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2023 | 3.28% (0.03275) | 89.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2023 | 3.49% (0.03494) | 90.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.51% (0.03510) | 90.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20773 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27319 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20773 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27319 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 29, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jun 28, 2006
Link CVE-2006-3298
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a