CVE-2007-5144 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Microsoft Windows Live Messenger

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
16.3%
top 5.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger
Timeline
PublishedOct 1
Latest updateMay 1

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 de…

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages1 packages

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cp59-25hr-cr8x: Buffer overflow in the GDI engine in Windows Live Messenger, as used for Windows MSN Live 8↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-5144: Buffer overflow in the GDI engine in Windows Live Messenger, as used for Windows MSN Live 8↗2007-10-01
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CVE-2007-5144 — Microsoft vulnerability | cvebase