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vendor:
Outlook Express
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Denial of Service
400
CWE
Product Name: Outlook Express
Affected Version From: Outlook Express 5.0
Affected Version To: Outlook Express 6.0
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:microsoft:outlook_express
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows
2002

Outlook Express Long Link Denial of Service Vulnerability

When decoding a HTML email, Outlook Express will stop responding upon encountering a <A HREF> link longer than 4095 characters.

Mitigation:

No known mitigation or remediation for this vulnerability
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5682/info

Reportedly, when decoding a HTML email, Outlook Express will stop responding upon encountering a <A HREF> link longer than 4095 characters. It is not confirmed why this behaviour occurs.

https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/21789.zip