CVE-2006-5563
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.7%EU EUVD
Unspecified vulnerability in Yahoo! Messenger (Service 18) before 8.1.0.195 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and application crash) via a crafted room name in a Conference Invite. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 1.7% (78th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5548)
- Published
- October 27, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5548 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- yahoo / messenger
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0518.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-10/0566.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22510(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449667/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20625
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4193
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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