CVE-2010-0278

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-12 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:51:00 UTC
DescriptionA certain ActiveX control in msgsc.14.0.8089.726.dll in Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2009 build 14.0.8089.726 on Windows Vista and Windows 7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (msnmsgr.exe crash) by calling the ViewProfile method with a crafted argument during an MSN Messenger session.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 All All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2009 All All All
Application Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2009 All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
RETIRED: Windows Live Messenger 'ViewProfile()' Method ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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