CVE-2005-1987 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft's Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) library, affecting Microsoft Windows and Exchange Server. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted email with an oversized header name, such as "Content-Type." The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network access, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:-:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:*:*:*:*:*:itanium:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.