CVE-2006-6252 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 and earlier versions. When gestural emoticons are enabled, a remote attacker can exploit this by sending a long string of ":D" sequences, causing high CPU consumption on the victim's system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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