Vulnerability CVE-2009-0647
Published: 2009-02-19   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows live messenger 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501043/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33825
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0466
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48810
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