FKIE_CVE-2002-0285

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-05-31 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:57
Severity
Summary
Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101362077701164&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8198.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4092
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft outlook_express 5.5
microsoft outlook_express 6.0
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