Application denial of service via oversized registration key
Published Feb 2, 2024 · Updated May 15, 2025
Denial of service in MunSoft Easy Outlook Express Recovery 2.0 allows local users to interrupt the application via a crafted registration key. The Registration Key Handler accepts a 360-character string pasted into its key field and enters a denial-of-service state. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; public sources do not distinguish a crash from a hang or report data exposure or modification.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in MunSoft Easy Outlook Express Recovery 2.0 allows local users to interrupt the application via a crafted registration key. The Registration Key Handler accepts a 360-character string pasted into its key field and enters a denial-of-service state. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access; public sources do not distinguish a crash from a hang or report data exposure or modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1187
- Published
- Feb 2, 2024
- Updated
- May 15, 2025
- Vendor
- MunSoft
- Product
- Easy Outlook Express Recovery
- Classifications
- CWE-404, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 2, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.0
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Public exploit references
- Easy Outlook Express Recovery 2.0 denial-of-service proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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