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Outlook Express Windows Address Book File Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19617
Release Date: 2006-04-11
Popularity: 17,618 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
Microsoft Outlook Express 6

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Outlook Express, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when parsing Windows Address Book (.wab) files. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow if a user is tricked into opening a specially crafted .wab file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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