CVE-2009-0647

MITTEL 5.0CVE-2009-0647 · Published 19/02/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
windows live messenger microsoft	`= 2009`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/33985 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/archive/1/501043/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/33825
vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0466 · Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48810

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