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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-10-01T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:40.948Z
Reserved: 2007-09-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-5144
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-10-01T05:17:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-21T00:37:14.317
Link: CVE-2007-5144
Redhat
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