CVE-2009-0647 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 2009, specifically build 14.0.8064.206 and other 14.0.8064.x builds. Remote attackers can crash the msnmsgr.exe application by sending a specially crafted packet with a modified header, such as a UTF-8.0 value in the Content-Type charset field. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with an attack vector of network, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of application availability (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2009CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:2009:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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