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CVE-1999-1033

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

Microsoft Outlook Express before 4.72.3612.1700 allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a .., which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:4.72.3120.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:4.27.3110.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:
  Yes
- -