CVE-2006-1305

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and interrupted mail recovery) via malformed e-mail header information, possibly related to (1) long subject lines or (2) large numbers of recipients in To or CC headers.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 51.44% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0104 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-009A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/23674 patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457274/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2006-March/005208.html mailing list
http://www.osvdb.org/31253 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017488 patch vdb entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-003 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/617436 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21937 patch vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/ref/24/24081-outlook1.txt
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A122 signature vdb entry
http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/347

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1305?
CVE-2006-1305 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1305?
To fix CVE-2006-1305, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1305 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1305 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~51% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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