CVE-2005-4840

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2005-4840
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2005-12-31T05:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-23T12:16:46
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express_book_control:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803
http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-3-outlookexpressaddressbook_02.html
http://www.osvdb.org/26836
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34755
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470694/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4840
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4840
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:54:14 Added to TrackCVE