MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2000-0567

Outlook vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
32.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Outlook
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2000-07-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 32.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2000-0567

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Outlook is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2000-0567.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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