Microsoft Outlook 2000/98/5.0 vCard Birthday memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Outlook 2000/98/5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component vCard Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument Birthday results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2001-0145. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Outlook 2000/98/5.0 (Groupware Software). This affects some unknown functionality of the component vCard Handler. The manipulation of the argument Birthday with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in VCard handler in Outlook 2000 and 98, and Outlook Express 5.x, allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed vCard birthday field.

The weakness was shared 05/03/2001 as MS01-012 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0145. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying the patch MS01-012 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Vulnerability Center (SBV-855†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS01-012

Timelineinfo

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07/03/2014 +4809 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS01-012
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0145 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0145
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16599
SecurityFocus: 2459
Vulnerability Center: 855

Entryinfo

Created: 07/03/2014 16:47
Updated: 06/11/2024 02:20
Changes: 07/03/2014 16:47 (42), 05/29/2018 10:25 (10), 06/25/2021 14:23 (3), 06/11/2024 02:20 (16)
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