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CVE-2006-6252
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 and earlier, when gestual emoticons are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) vi…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | Windows Live Messenger | through 8.0 |