CVE-2006-1305 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Microsoft Outlook via malformed email headers, requiring user interaction to open the message.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1305?
CVE-2006-1305 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 9 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion and interrupted mail recovery) via malformed e-mail header information, possibly related to (1) long subject lines or (2) large numbers of recipients in To or CC headers.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1305?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1305?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1305 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1305 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1305 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qm5q-vj98-j24h.