CVE-2005-1213

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 74.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the news reader for Microsoft Outlook Express (MSOE.DLL) 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1 allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a LIST response with a long second field.

Affected products

Microsoft Outlook Express: 5.5-sp2, 6.0, 6.0-sp1

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014200
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=263&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13951
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-030
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1088
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A167
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A989
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014200
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=263&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/130614
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13951

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