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    CVE-2006-3298

    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
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jun 29, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.04913
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Yahoo
    Product
    Messenger

    Exploits

    http://secunia.com/advisories/20773http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622http://secunia.com/advisories/20773http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28099

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High