CVE-2008-5424

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
28.8%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 3% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: December 11, 2008 (6363 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-399

Affected Products

microsoft outlook express

References

🔗 mime.recurity.com 🔗 securityreason.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com