CVE-2001-0145
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.70% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/outlook · microsoft/outlook express
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a022301-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-012
- http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2001/a022301-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-012
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.