Vulnerability CVE-2020-16949
Published: 2020-10-16   Modified: 2020-10-17

Description:
A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Outlook Denial of Service Vulnerability'.

Type:

CWE-401

 (Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference ('Memory Leak'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows 10 
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2016 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2019 
Microsoft -> 365 apps 
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Outlook 

 References:
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-16949
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