VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-5424

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 12.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS: 12.26% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-399
Affected: microsoft/outlook express
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 12.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.