CVE Tools

Windows Live Messenger

8 CVEs tracked. None of them is in CISA KEV.

This hub aggregates every CVE we track for Windows Live Messenger. Use it to gauge the current risk picture and drill into individual advisories.

Windows Live Messenger CVEs per month

Oct 2024 to Sep 2026. Point at a month, or focus the strip and use the arrow keys.
Windows Live Messenger CVEs per month
MonthCVEs
2024-100
2024-110
2024-120
2025-010
2025-020
2025-030
2025-040
2025-050
2025-060
2025-070
2025-080
2025-090
2025-100
2025-110
2025-120
2026-010
2026-020
2026-030
2026-040
2026-050
2026-060
2026-070
2026-080
2026-090

Severity

How the 8 CVEs score on CVSS. Severity is not exploitation: KEV is counted above.

  • Critical113%
  • Medium788%

Latest CVEs

The 8 most recently published vulnerabilities affecting Windows Live Messenger.

  1. CVE-2010-0278A 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...4.3
  2. CVE-2009-0647msnmsgr.exe in Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 2009 build 14.0.8064.206, and other 14.0.8064.x builds, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a modified header in...5.0
  3. CVE-2008-5828Microsoft Windows Live Messenger Client 8.5.1 and earlier, when MSN Protocol Version 15 (MSNP15) is used over a NAT session, allows remote attackers to discover intranet IP addresses and port numbe...5.0
  4. CVE-2008-5179Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS), Office Communicator, and Windows Live Messenger allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted...5.0
  5. CVE-2007-5144Buffer overflow in the GDI engine in Windows Live Messenger, as used for Windows MSN Live 8.1, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or system crash)...4.3
  6. CVE-2007-2931Heap-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 vid...9.3
  7. CVE-2006-6252Microsoft 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" seque...4.3
  8. CVE-2006-3250Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Live Messenger 8.0 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Contact List (.ctt) file, which triggers the overflow when it is impo...5.1

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