CVE-2005-4840 Information

Description

The Outlook Express Address Book control when using Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and browser crash) by creating the OutlookExpress.AddressBook COM object which is not intended for use within Internet Explorer.

Reference

http://browserfun.blogspot.com/2006/07/mobb-3-outlookexpressaddressbook_02.html http://www.osvdb.org/26836 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/391803 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/470694/100/0/threaded https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34755