Microsoft Outlook up to 2000 Date Field memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Outlook up to 2000. Affected is an unknown function of the component Date Field Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2000-0567. In addition, an exploit is available. This vulnerability is historically significant due to its background and the way it was received. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook up to 2000 (Groupware Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Date Field Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long Date field in an email header, aka the "Malformed E-mail Header" vulnerability.

The weakness was presented 07/18/2000 by Ussr Labs with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2000-0567. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2025). Due to its background and reception, this vulnerability has a historic impact.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4953), Exploit-DB (20078), SecurityFocus (BID 1481†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-812†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Ussr Labs
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0567 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0567
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15773
X-Force: 4953
SecurityFocus: 1481 - Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express GMT Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 812 - [MS00-043] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express GMT Field, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 15:36
Updated: 05/31/2025 13:43
Changes: 06/25/2014 15:36 (60), 05/08/2019 23:22 (7), 05/31/2025 13:43 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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