CVE-2005-1987
N/A
Published: October 13, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorWindows XpWindows Server 2003Windows 2000
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 43%
Description
Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (19)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0289.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112915118302012&w=2VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015038VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015039Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
Source: [email protected]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ907245Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/883460Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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