Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express
CVE-2002-0285
Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.
EPSS: 0.123 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Outlook_express — versions 5.5, 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2002-0285?
- CVE-2002-0285 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express. Published 2002-05-31.
- Is CVE-2002-0285 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.