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Microsoft MSN Chat Control Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

The Microsoft MSN Chat Control is an ActiveX object used to provide chat functionality. It is included by default with a number of Microsoft products, including recent versions of MSN Messenger.

The MSN Chat ActiveX control is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. Exploitation of this vulnerability can result in the execution of arbitrary code. This vulnerability may be exploited when a user views a web page or HTML formatted email.