{"id":"CVE-2007-5144","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2007-5144","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:19.254Z","title":"Buffer overflow in the GDI engine in Windows Live Messenger, as used for Windows MSN Live 8.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or system crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by placing a…","description":"Buffer overflow in the GDI engine in Windows Live Messenger, as used for Windows MSN Live 8.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or system crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by placing a malformed file in a new folder under the Sharing Folders path, and triggering a synchronize operation through the Windows MSN Live online service, possibly related to extended file attributes and possibly related to an incomplete fix for MS07-046, as demonstrated by a (1) .jpg, (2) .gif, (3) .wmf, (4) .doc, or (5) .ico file.","published":"2007-10-01T05:17:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:45:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["microsoft/windows live messenger"],"epss":{"score":0.16503,"percentile":0.9697,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/09/windows-live-messenger-jpg-overflow.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/45523","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25795","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/09/windows-live-messenger-jpg-overflow.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://osvdb.org/45523","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25795","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5144","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}