CVE-2020-16949

Microsoft Outlook Denial of Service Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
4.7 Medium
Published
Oct 16, 2020
Updated
Aug 4, 2024
Reserved
Aug 4, 2020

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Description

<p>A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a remote denial of service against a system.</p> <p>Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a specially crafted email be sent to a vulnerable Outlook server.</p> <p>The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Outlook handles objects in memory.</p>

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Microsoft Office 2019Microsoft
  • 19.0.0 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesAffected
Microsoft 365 Apps for EnterpriseMicrosoft
  • 16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesAffected
Microsoft Outlook 2016Microsoft
  • 16.0.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1Microsoft
  • 15.0.0.0 to before publicationAffected
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2Microsoft
  • 13.0.0.0 to before publicationAffected

References

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