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CVE-2009-0647
Published: Feb 19, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
msnmsgr.exe in Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 2009 build 14.0.8064.206, and other 14.0.8064.x builds, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a modified header in a packet, as possibly demonstrated by a UTF-8.0 value of the charset field in the Content-Type header line. NOTE: this has been reported as a format string vulnerability by some sources, but the provenance of that information is unknown.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
33985
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2009-0466
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
wlm-packets-dos(48810)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
33825
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
20090218 RE: hello bug in windows live messenger
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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