CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.3. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2008-5424
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
12.26%
Microsoft
Original NVD Description
The MimeOleClearDirtyTree function in InetComm.dll in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.