CVE-2020-16949

Microsoft Outlook Denial of Service Vulnerability

Medium · published October 16, 2020

CVSS v3.1
4.7
EPSS
3%
Percentile
87.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

<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>

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02968 · 87.1th percentile
Published
2020-10-16T22:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 OCT 22:18Z
    Microsoft Outlook Denial of Service Vulnerability
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