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>
Published: 2020-10-16
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: 6.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-8907 <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>
History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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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> <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>

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01799}

epss

{'score': 0.02936}


Subscriptions

Microsoft 365 Apps Office Outlook Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows 8.1 Windows Rt 8.1 Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2012 Windows Server 2016 Windows Server 2019
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T13:45:34.666Z

Reserved: 2020-08-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-16949

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-02-23T18:21:30.023

Link: CVE-2020-16949

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