CVE-2005-1213 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express (versions 5.5 SP2, 6, and 6 SP1) that allows remote malicious NNTP servers to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability is highly severe, with a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating it can be exploited remotely without authentication to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on CISA's KEV, exploit modules exist in Metasploit and ExploitDB, suggesting readily available exploit code. Despite this, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage, which is typical for the vast majority of CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.