CVE-2006-3298

Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 and 7.0.438 - Denial of Service via Non-ASCII Message Characters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-3298. PoCs published by Ivan Ivan.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 by sending malformed messages containing specific strings that trigger a crash. The PoC provides two example messages that exploit the issue.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ivan Ivan · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28099

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814 by sending malformed messages containing specific strings that trigger a crash. The PoC provides two example messages that exploit the issue.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Yahoo! Messenger 7.5.0.814
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to send messages to a Yahoo! Messenger client
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.security.nnov.ru/Gnews281.html
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622
Exploit, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20773
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27319

Scores

EPSS 0.0294
EPSS Percentile 85.4%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
yahoo/messenger 7.0.438
yahoo/messenger 7.5.0.814
Published Jun 29, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026