CVE-2006-6252
Windows Live Messenger < 8.0 - Denial of Service via Gestual Emoticon Processing
Title source: llmDescription
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 and earlier, when gestual emoticons are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string composed of ":D" sequences, which are interpreted as emoticons.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452645/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452620/100/0/threaded
Scores
EPSS
0.1109
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/windows_live_messenger
< 8.0
Published
Dec 04, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026