cve/2008/CVE-2008-5424.md

### [CVE-2008-5424](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5424)
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### Description

The MimeOleClearDirtyTree function in InetComm.dll in Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 does not properly handle (1) multipart/mixed e-mail messages with many MIME parts and possibly (2) e-mail messages with many "Content-type: message/rfc822;" headers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large e-mail message, a related issue to CVE-2006-1173.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4721

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.