CVE-2009-0647
mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.174 · 97 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (2)
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- microsoft windows live messenger= 2009nvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/33985enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501043/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33825enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0466enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48810enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33985Vendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501043/100/0/threadednvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33825nvd
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