SB2022080954 - Denial of service in Microsoft Outlook 



SB2022080954 - Denial of service in Microsoft Outlook

Published: August 9, 2022 Updated: August 18, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022080954
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35742)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Microsoft Outlook when handling MIME headers. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email to the victim and trigger heap corruption every time the email is processed by the application.

Successful exploitation may result in a perform a persistent denial-of-service condition.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.