CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-1591

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2006-04-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-04-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows Help winhlp32.exe allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted embedded image data in a .hlp file.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows 2000 • microsoft windows 2003 server enterprise • microsoft windows 2003 server r2 • microsoft windows 2003 server standard • microsoft windows 2003 server web • microsoft windows nt 4.0 • microsoft windows xp

References