CVE-2007-5144

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2007-5144

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2007-10-01T05:17:00

Last Modified Date
2008-11-15T06:59:51

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_live_messenger:8.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/09/windows-live-messenger-jpg-overflow.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25795
http://osvdb.org/45523

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5144
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5144

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 11:17:10				Added to TrackCVE