Microsoft Outlook email ASCII NUL denial of service
| outlook-email-nul-dos (15859) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Outlook Express is vulnerable to a denial of service. By sending an email with an ASCII NUL character in the message body, a remote attacker could cause the recipient's email client to crash, once the victim attempts to download the malicious email.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 13 2004 - 21:42:29 CDT : NUL Character in message body locks up Outlook/Outlook Express.
- BID-10144: Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 11956: Microsoft Outlook/Express Message body NUL Character DoS
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Outlook 2002
- Microsoft Outlook 2003
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0
Reported:
Apr 13, 2004
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