CVE-2007-5144

published 2007-10-01

CVE-2007-5144: 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…

Priority P4 23 medium 4.3 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC M Au N C N I N A P

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_live_messenger	—	—

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