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CVE-2006-6252

Published: Dec 04, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6252
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Windows_live_messengerMicrosoft*8.0 (including)

References

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