CVE-2006-3250

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Live Messenger 8.0 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Contact List (.ctt) file, which triggers the overflow when it is imported by the user.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Live Messenger 8.0 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Contact List (.ctt) file, which triggers the overflow when it is imported by the user.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-06-27 18:05:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-18 16:46:00

Affected Software

Microsoft windows_live_messenger 8.0

8.0

References

http://securitydot.net/xpl/exploits/vulnerabilities/articles/1108/exploit.html

1016373

Exploit

http://www.jaascois.com/exploits/18602016/

Exploit

20060625 Windows Live Messenger 8.0 ( Contact List *.ctt ) Heap Overflow

18639

Exploit

live-messenger-contact-list-dos(27417)

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