CVE-2006-3250
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.068 · 94 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
6.85% (94th) EPSS
CVSS 5.1 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Live Messenger 8.0 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Contact List (.ctt) file, which triggers the overflow when it is imported by the user.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-122USLLM-inferred
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- microsoft windows live messenger= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
published 2006-06-27modified 2026-06-16
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1108/exploit.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016373enisa_euvd
- http://www.jaascois.com/exploits/18602016/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438442/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18639enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27417enisa_euvd
- http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1108/exploit.htmlnvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016373Exploitnvd
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