CVE-2007-5144

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…

published October 1, 2007

CVSS
—
EPSS
17%
Percentile
97.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 demonstrated by a (1) .jpg, (2) .gif, (3) .wmf, (4) .doc, or (5) .ico file.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.16503 · 97.0th percentile
Published
2007-10-01T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 00:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5