CVE-2007-5144

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Desbordamiento de búfer en el motor GDI de Windows Live Messenger, tal y como se utiliza en MSN Live 8.1, permite a atacantes remotos con la complicidad del usuario provocar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación o caída del sistema) y posiblemente ejecutar código de su elección al situar un fichero malformado en una carpeta nueva bajo la ruta Carpetas Compartidas, y disparando una operación de sincronización a través del servicio en línea Windows MSN Live, posiblemente relativo a atributos de fichero extendidos y posiblemente relativo a un parche incompleto para MS07-046, como se demuestra con un fichero (1) .jpg, (2) .gif, (3) .wmf, (4) .doc, ó (5) .ico.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

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

2007-09-30 CVE Reserved
2007-10-01 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-10-19 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/09/windows-live-messenger-jpg-overflow.html	X_refsource_misc
http://osvdb.org/45523	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25795	Vdb Entry

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"				8.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Windows Live Messenger" and version "8.1"		-		Affected