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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0282 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:42:28.861Z

Reserved: 2002-05-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0285

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-05-31T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0285

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