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CVE-2006-6252
Published: Dec 4, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 and earlier, when gestual emoticons are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string composed of ":D" sequences, which are interpreted as emoticons.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20061125 Re: DoS in Microsoft Windows Live Messenger <= 8.0
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20061124 DoS in Microsoft Windows Live Messenger <= 8.0
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