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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.7 Medium

CVE-2020-16949

Microsoft Outlook Denial of Service Vulnerability

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>

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019

  • 19.0.0 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

  • 16.0.1 to < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Outlook 2016

  • 16.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1

  • 15.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

Microsoft Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2

  • 13.0.0.0 to < publicationaffected

References