HIGH
Buffer overflow in the HTML Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute code via (1) a long parameter to the Alink function, or (2) script containing a long argument to the showHelp function
Published Oct 5, 2002
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 31.34%
Description
Buffer overflow in the HTML Help ActiveX Control (hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 98, 98 Second Edition, Millennium Edition, NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, Windows 2000, and Windows XP allows remote attackers to execute code via (1) a long parameter to the Alink function, or (2) script containing a long argument to the showHelp function.
Affected products
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103365849505409&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419115517344&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103435279404182&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10253.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5874 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-055 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A374 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103365849505409&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103419115517344&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103435279404182&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10253.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5874 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-055 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A374 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 5, 2002
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jul 12, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0693
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a