CVE-2006-6252

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 y versiones anteriores, cuando los emoticonos gestuales están habilitados, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (agotamiento de CPU) mediante una cadena larga compuesta de secuencias ":D", que son interpretadas como emoticonos.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-12-03 CVE Reserved
2006-12-04 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452620/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452645/100/0/threaded	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Windows Live Messenger Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Live Messenger"				<= 8.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Live Messenger" and version " <= 8.0"		-		Affected