Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-28452

High

Published: 13 April 2021

Published
13 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0094 76.6th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-28452 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 23.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Microsoft Outlook Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
365 apps
all versions
microsoft
office
2019
microsoft
outlook
2010, 2013, 2016

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References