CVE-2008-5424 - The MimeOleClearDirtyTree function in InetComm.dll in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 does

CVE-2008-5424

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.00.2900.5512:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.00.2900.5512:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	4.3 (as of 11-10-2018 - 20:55)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-399

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
NONE	NONE	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

bid	32702
bugtraq	20081208 DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails 20081209 Re: DoS attacks on MIME-capable software via complex MIME emails
misc	http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro
sreason	4721

Last major update

11-10-2018 - 20:55

Published

11-12-2008 - 15:30

Last modified

11-10-2018 - 20:55