CVE-2002-0823 (GCVE-0-2002-0823)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:03
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in Winhlp32.exe allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document that calls the HTML Help ActiveX control (HHCtrl.ocx) with a long pathname in the Item parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.osvdb.org/2991 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9746.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSKB
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2002-08-01 00:00
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