CVE-2006-6252

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 4, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-6252: Medium severity, CVSS 4.3 | Vulnix