CVE-2006-6252

CVE-2006-6252 affects Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 8.0 and earlier. When gestual emoticons are enabled, a remote attacker can cause denial of service by sending a long string of ":D" sequences that are interpreted as emoticons, consuming CPU resources. The NVD entry notes a network-exposed ve...

CVE-2006-6252: Undefined Security Weakness

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...