CVE-2002-2164: Microsoft Outlook Express

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 21.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long <A HREF> link.

Affected products

• Microsoft Outlook Express: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.