CVE-2002-1179

Published Oct 28, 2002

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Buffer overflow in the S/MIME Parsing capability in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a digitally signed email with a long "From" address, which triggers the overflow when the user views or previews the message.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "57C8ACA2-A3C6-4435-9C0C-B316879FE1FA"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "85FD3557-956D-4A96-8AA5-5FD9DB87FD11"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References