CVE-2005-4840 (GCVE-0-2005-4840)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-06-07 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:01
VLAI
Summary
The Outlook Express Address Book control, when using Internet Explorer 6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and browser crash) by creating the OutlookExpress.AddressBook COM object, which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2005-03-01 00:00
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