Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long Date field in an email header, aka the "Malformed E-mail Header" vulnerability.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
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Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000 / Outlook Express 4.0/5.0 - GMT Field Buffer Overflow (1) EDB-20078 · remote · Jul 18, 2000 · verified
- Microsoft Outlook 97/98/2000 / Outlook Express 4.0/5.0 - GMT Field Buffer Overflow (2) EDB-20079 · remote · Jul 18, 2000 · verified
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References
- outlook-date-overflow(4953) vdb-entry
- MS00-043 vendor-advisory
- 1481 vdb-entry