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CVE-2002-0285

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook Express: 5.5, 6.0

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092

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