CVE-2002-1255 — Microsoft Outlook 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated failure) via an email message with a certain invalid header field that is accessed using POP3, IMAP, or WebDAV, aka "E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002 to Fail."

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Microsoft Outlook 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated failure) via an email message with a certain invalid header field that is accessed using POP3, IMAP, or WebDAV, aka "E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002 to Fail."

Published Sep 1, 2004

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 14.03%

Description

Microsoft Outlook 2002 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (repeated failure) via an email message with a certain invalid header field that is accessed using POP3, IMAP, or WebDAV, aka "E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002 to Fail."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

14.03% 0.14028

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.14028

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	14.03% (0.14028)	96.45th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	14.03% (0.14028)	96.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	14.02% (0.14022)	93.74th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	18.39% (0.18395)	92.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 19, 2025	14.02% (0.14022)	93.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	11.73% (0.11735)	93.14th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Feb 10, 2025	4.36% (0.04358)	92.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	2.26% (0.02262)	88.16th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.46% (0.02456)	88.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	11.68% (0.11676)	95.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	94.76th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	11.68% (0.11676)	88.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6319
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-067
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10763
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6319		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-067		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10763		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Nov 4, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1255

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1255

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1255