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$ cve CVE-2005-1213 JSON

CVE-2005-1213 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 74% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the news reader for Microsoft Outlook Express (MSOE.DLL) 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a LIST response with a long second field.

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS73.96% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2005-06-14
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
microsoftoutlook express

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD