Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express
CVE-2005-1213
Stack-based buffer overflow in the news reader for Microsoft Outlook Express (MSOE.DLL) 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a LIST response with a long second field.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.740 (99.5th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.740 · newest: 0.740 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Outlook Express — versions 5.5, 6.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-030 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13951 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:989 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130614 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1088 (signature, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:167 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-1213?
- CVE-2005-1213 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express. Published 2005-06-14.
- Is CVE-2005-1213 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.