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CVE-2002-1179
Buffer overflow in the S/MIME Parsing capability in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High7.5EPSS 22.1%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 22.1% · top 2.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- MS02-058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 5944 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20021010 Re: Problems applying MS02-058 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021010 Outlook Express Remote Code Execution in Preview Pane (S/MIME) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20021010 Outlook Express Remote Code Execution in Preview Pane (S/MIME) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- outlook-smime-bo(10338) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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