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CVE-2002-1179

high · 7.5

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.

7.5
CVSS
22.1%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
98th
EPSS percentile
2002-10-28
Published

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
microsoftoutlook_express5.5
microsoftoutlook_express6.0

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References

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