Collaborative Data Objects heap corruption occurs when you try to access an Exchange mailbox

When you use a third-party program that uses Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) 1.21 to access a mailbox on a computer that is running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, the third-party program may stop responding.

This problem occurs when you try to access a user account that was previously accessed by a client computer that is running Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.

Outlook 2003 adds a fourth entry to PR_FREEBUSY_ENTRYIDS, a MAPI property with multiple values that is stored on the Inbox folder. Collaborative Data Objects (CDO) 1.21 only expects three entries. This causes heap corruption that causes the third-party program to stop responding.

Hotfix Information

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Prerequisites

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Restart Requirement

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Hotfix Replacement Information

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File Information

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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.