CVE-2020-16949

Publication date

2020-10-16 22:18:02

Family

microsoft

State

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a specially crafted email be sent to a vulnerable Outlook server.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Outlook handles objects in memory.