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CVE-2007-5144

Published: Oct 1, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119

No Known Exploits

No Fix Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

windows live messenger microsoft

On-prem

Operating Systems / windows

microsoftcommercialUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://osvdb.org/45523

http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/09/windows-live-messenger-jpg-overflow.html

lostmon.blogspot.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25795

securityfocus.com

Timeline

Published

Oct 1, 2007

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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