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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.

  • Published: Dec 4, 2006
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2006-6252
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.3
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
microsoft / windows_live_messenger - 8.0.x