This page lists publicly disclosed CVE vulnerabilities affecting microsoft msn_messenger (linked via NVD CPE). Each row includes severity scores, summaries, and publication dates to help identify and analyze security issues.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2007-2931 | Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.2, 7.0, and 7.5, and Live Messenger 8.0 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving video conversation handling in Web Cam and video chat sessions. | [email protected] | 9.3 | 61.72% | 2007-08-31 | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2007-3436 | Microsoft MSN Messenger 4.7 on Windows XP allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a flood of SIP INVITE requests to the port specified for voice conversation. | [email protected] | 5.0 | 17.51% | 2007-06-27 | 2026-04-23 |
| CVE-2006-0363 | The "Remember my Password" feature in MSN Messenger 7.5 stores passwords in an encrypted format under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\IdentityCRL\Creds registry key, which might allow local users to obtain the original passwords via a program that calls CryptUnprotectData, as demonstrated by the "MSN Password Recovery.exe" program. NOTE: it could be argued that local-only password recovery is inherently insecure because the decryption methods and keys must be stored somewhere on the lo | [email protected] | 2.1 | 1.16% | 2006-01-22 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2005-0562 | GIF file validation error in MSN Messenger 6.2 allows remote attackers in a user's contact list to execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with an improper height and width. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 28.33% | 2005-04-12 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2004-0597 | Multiple buffer overflows in libpng 1.2.5 and earlier, as used in multiple products, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed PNG images in which (1) the png_handle_tRNS function does not properly validate the length of transparency chunk (tRNS) data, or the (2) png_handle_sBIT or (3) png_handle_hIST functions do not perform sufficient bounds checking. | [email protected] | 10.0 | 83.21% | 2004-11-23 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2004-0122 | Microsoft MSN Messenger 6.0 and 6.1 does not properly handle certain requests, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files. | [email protected] | 5.0 | 42.85% | 2004-04-15 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2002-1831 | Microsoft MSN Messenger Service 1.0 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invite request that contains hex-encoded spaces (%20) in the Invitation-Cookie field. | [email protected] | 5.0 | 10.37% | 2002-12-31 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2002-1698 | Buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Messenger Service 1.0 through 4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long FN (font) argument in the message header. | [email protected] | 5.0 | 18.87% | 2002-12-31 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2002-0472 | MSN Messenger Service 3.6, and possibly other versions, uses weak authentication when exchanging messages between clients, which allows remote attackers to spoof messages from other users. | [email protected] | 5.0 | 15.19% | 2002-08-12 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2002-0155 | Buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Chat ActiveX Control, as used in MSN Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, and Exchange Instant Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ResDLL parameter in the MSNChat OCX. | [email protected] | 7.5 | 19.14% | 2002-05-29 | 2026-04-16 |
| CVE-2002-0228 | Microsoft MSN Messenger allows remote attackers to use Javascript that references an ActiveX object to obtain sensitive information such as display names and web site navigation, and possibly more when the user is connected to certain Microsoft sites (or DNS-spoofed sites). | [email protected] | 5.0 | 28.61% | 2002-05-16 | 2026-04-16 |