CVE-2006-6252 | BDVDB-2026-20659 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452645/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452620/100/0/threaded

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-12-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.