Vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express
CVE-2008-5424
The MimeOleClearDirtyTree function in InetComm.dll in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.
EPSS: 0.123 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Microsoft Outlook_express — versions 6.00.2900.5512
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-5424?
- CVE-2008-5424 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook Express, classified under CWE-399. Published 2008-12-11.
- Is CVE-2008-5424 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.