CVE-2002-1179

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Buffer overflow in the S/MIME Parsing capability in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a digitally signed email with a long "From" address, which triggers the overflow when the user views or previews the message.

Published: 2002-10-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1179 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 49.16%, 98th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2002-1179

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21932 exploit_db edb 2002-10-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1179

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-07 49.48% 49.16% -0.31%
2 2026-03-16 50.11% 49.48% -0.64%
3 2025-11-18 — 50.11% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1179

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1179

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1179

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft outlook_express 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft outlook_express 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1179

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