FKIE_CVE-2005-4840

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-3-outlookexpressaddressbook_02.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/26836
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470694/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34755
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-3-outlookexpressaddressbook_02.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/26836
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470694/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34755
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft outlook_express_book_control *
microsoft internet_explorer 6
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