Vulnerability Name:

CCN-15859

Published:2004-04-13
Updated:2004-04-13
Summary:Microsoft Outlook Express is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending an email with an ASCII NUL character in the message body, a remote attacker could cause the recipient's email client to crash, once the victim attempts to download the malicious email.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 13 2004 - 21:42:29 CDT
NUL Character in message body locks up Outlook/Outlook Express

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 11956
Microsoft Outlook/Express Message body NUL Character DoS

Source: CCN
Type: BID-10144
Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
outlook-email-nul-dos(15859)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook:2002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
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    microsoft outlook 2002
    microsoft outlook express 6.0
    microsoft outlook 2003