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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-0014 json

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Address Book…

published 2006-04-12 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0022

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
24.1%
EPSS 24.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 and 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Windows Address Book (WAB) file containing "certain Unicode strings" and modified length values.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

24.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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