CVE - CVE-2009-0647

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-0647	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:33825 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33825 BUGTRAQ:20090218 RE: hello bug in windows live messenger URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501043/100/0/threaded SECUNIA:33985 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/33985 VUPEN:ADV-2009-0466 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0466~~ (Obsolete source) XF:wlm-packets-dos(48810) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48810
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20090219	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20090219)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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