CVE-1999-1033 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Outlook Express before 4.72.3612.1700 allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a .., which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 7.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:4.27.3110.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:4.72.3120.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1014	Microsoft Outlook Express before 4.72.3612.1700 allows a malicious user to send a message that contains a .., which can inadvertently cause Outlook to re-enter POP3 command mode and cause the POP3 session to hang.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.07758.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92647407427342&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92663402004275&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/252

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Outlook Express

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.428Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1033

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-05-11T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1033

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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