PT-2008-6541 · Microsoft · Outlook Express

Published 2008-12-11 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5424

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Outlook Express version 6.00.2900.5512

Description The issue is related to the handling of certain e-mail messages by the MimeOleClearDirtyTree function in InetComm.dll. Specifically, it does not properly handle multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers. This can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an infinite loop, via a large e-mail message.

Recommendations For Microsoft Outlook Express version 6.00.2900.5512, consider avoiding the use of the MimeOleClearDirtyTree function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of multipart/mixed e-mail messages and messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5424

Affected Products

Outlook Express

References · 6

• 🔥 http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5424 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32702 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded · Note