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CVE-2002-1255

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 14.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated failure) via an email message with a certain invalid header field that is accessed using POP3, IMAP, or WebDAV, aka "E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002 to Fail."

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook: 2002, 2002-sp1, 2002-sp2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6319
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-067
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10763
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6319
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-067
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10763

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