VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-6252
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 11.2%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.19% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows live messenger
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.