CVE-2002-1179 | Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5/6.0 S/MIME Parser from memory corruption (MS02-058 / EDB-21932)
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5/6.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component S/MIME Parser. The manipulation of the argument from leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-1179. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.