CVE-2009-0647

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33985
• 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
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33985
• 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