CVE-2000-0524 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express by sending emails with blank header fields.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0524?
CVE-2000-0524 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, published on 12 Jul 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending email messages with blank fields such as BCC, Reply-To, Return-Path, or From.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0524?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Outlook.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0524?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0524 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-0524 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0524 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2021-34523 Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-21529 Microsoft Exchange Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Sources
Also known as GHSA-37qm-483g-mfv8.