PT-2005-1610 · Microsoft · Msn Messenger

Hongzhen Zhou · Published 2005-04-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2005-0562

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MSN Messenger version 6.2

Description A GIF file validation error allows remote attackers in a user's contact list to execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with an improper height and width.

Recommendations For MSN Messenger version 6.2, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0562

Affected Products

Msn Messenger

References · 7

• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/633446 · Patch
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-102A.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0562 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-022 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14915 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19950 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4927 · Note