CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5424
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• microsoft outlook express 6.00.2900.5512
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro Exploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32702 www.securityfocus.com
- http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro Exploit
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32702 www.securityfocus.com