CVE-2002-1831 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft MSN Messenger Service versions 1.0 through 4.6. Remote attackers can crash the application by sending an invite request with hex-encoded spaces in the Invitation-Cookie field. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:msn_messenger:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:msn_messenger:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:msn_messenger:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:msn_messenger:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:msn_messenger:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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