CVE-2001-0145 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the VCard handler of Microsoft Outlook 98, 2000, and Outlook Express 5.x. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted vCard with a malformed birthday field, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the victim's system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
98CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:98:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2000CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook_express:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.