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CVE-2005-1987

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 43.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-10-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string.

Affected products

• Microsoft Exchange Server: 2000-sp3
• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003: r2, sp1
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0289.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112915118302012&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17167
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015038
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015039
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ907245
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883460
• http://www.osvdb.org/19905
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15067
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-284A.html
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-048
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22495

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