MSN Messenger malformed image buffer overflow
| msn-image-bo (12661) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MSN (Microsoft Network) Messenger is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a buffer overflow in the msnmsgr.exe. By sending a malformed image, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the victim's MSN Messenger client to crash.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Reportedly, this vulnerability is fixed in the latest version of MSN Messenger (6.0.0602 or later), as listed in BugTraq Mailing List posting dated Sat Jul 19 2003 - 06:42:26 CDT. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 19 2003 - 06:42:26 CDT: Buffer overflow in MSN Messenger 6.0.
- BID-8221: Microsoft MSN Messenger Image File Transfer Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.0
Reported:
Jul 19, 2003
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