CVE-2009-0647

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Published Feb 19, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 17.4% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

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Exploit prediction score: 17.4% (17.365% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Live Messenger

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:40 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 19, 2009, 4:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 4:40 AM
Reserved: Feb 19, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 19, 2009, 4:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:05 PM

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