CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0285

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-05-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft outlook express 5.5 • microsoft outlook express 6.0

References