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CVE-2005-4840

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.

Published

2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	outlook_express_book_control	*	Yes
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	6	No

References

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-3-outlookexpressaddressbook_02.html ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/26836 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470694/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34755 ([email protected])
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-3-outlookexpressaddressbook_02.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/26836 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470694/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34755 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)