CVE-2008-5424 Information

Description

The MimeOleClearDirtyTree function in InetComm.dll in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many \Content-type: message/rfc822;\ headers which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large e-mail message a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

Reference

http://mime.recurity.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Main/AttackIntro http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499038/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499045/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32702