PT-2020-4317 · Microsoft · Outlook

Published 2020-10-13 · Updated 2023-12-31 · CVE-2020-16949

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Outlook (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook software. This vulnerability occurs when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, allowing an attacker to cause a remote denial of service against a system. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires sending a specially crafted email to a vulnerable Outlook server.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-04814

CVE-2020-16949

Affected Products

Outlook

References · 5

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-04814 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16949 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16949 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16949 · Security Note