CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-1179

Published: Oct 28, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Outlook_expressMicrosoft5.5 (including)5.5 (including)
Outlook_expressMicrosoft6.0 (including)6.0 (including)

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