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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-1987 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to…

published 2005-10-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1989

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
43.4%
EPSS 43.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), as used in Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when CDOSYS or CDOEX processes an e-mail message with a large header name, as demonstrated using the "Content-Type" string.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

43.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.