<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>
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2020-10-16T22:18:02

Updated: 2023-12-31T19:20:20.576Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2020-16949

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-16T23:15:16.180

Modified: 2023-12-31T20:15:57.330


Link: CVE-2020-16949

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