CVE-2004-0215

Technical Cyber Security Alert 2004-196A

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed e-mail header.

Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 y 6 permiten a atacantes causar una denegación de servicio (caída de la aplicación) mediante una cabecera de correo electrónico malformada.

Multitudes of vulnerabilities have been discovered amongst the Microsoft product line. Flaws that exist include Outlook Express failing to properly validate malformed e-mail headers, the Utility Manager allowing code execution, POSIX allowing code execution, IIS having a buffer overflow, the Task Scheduler having a buffer overflow, the HTML Help component failing to properly validate input data, and the Windows Shell allowing remote code execution.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-03-11 CVE Reserved
2004-07-14 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-06-08 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16585	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1950	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2137	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2657	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3376	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/869640	2018-10-12
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-196A.html	2018-10-12

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-018	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Avaya Search vendor "Avaya"		Ip600 Media Servers Search vendor "Avaya" for product "Ip600 Media Servers"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Outlook Express Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook Express"				6.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Outlook Express" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Avaya Search vendor "Avaya"		Definity One Media Server Search vendor "Avaya" for product "Definity One Media Server"				*		-		Affected
Avaya Search vendor "Avaya"		S8100 Search vendor "Avaya" for product "S8100"				*		-		Affected
Avaya Search vendor "Avaya"		Modular Messaging Message Storage Server Search vendor "Avaya" for product "Modular Messaging Message Storage Server"				s3400 Search vendor "Avaya" for product "Modular Messaging Message Storage Server" and version "s3400"		-		Affected