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CVE-2002-0285

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2002-05-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 on Windows treats a carriage return ("CR") in a message header as if it were a valid carriage return/line feed combination (CR/LF), which could allow remote attackers to bypass virus protection and or other filtering mechanisms via a mail message with headers that only contain the CR, which causes Outlook to create separate headers.

Affected Platforms

Microsoft Outlook Express

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References