Windows Live Messenger Charset Data Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Publish Date: 21 juillet 2015
Gravité: : Medium
Identifiant(s) CVE: : CVE-2009-0647
Date du conseil: 21 juillet 2015
Description
msnmsgr.exe in Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 2009 build 14.0.8064.206, and other 14.0.8064.x builds, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a modified header in a packet, as possibly demonstrated by a UTF-8.0 value of the charset field in the Content-Type header line. NOTE: this has been reported as a format string vulnerability by some sources, but the provenance of that information is unknown.
Information Exposure Rating:
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
Solutions
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003735
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003735 - Windows Live Messenger Charset Data Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Affected software and version:
- microsoft windows_live_messenger 2009