CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5232
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
Buffer overflow in the CallHTMLHelp method in the Microsoft Windows Media Services ActiveX control in nskey.dll 4.1.00.3917 in Windows Media Services on Microsoft Windows NT and 2000, and Avaya Media and Message Application servers, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 2000
• microsoft windows nt 4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30814 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30814.html.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020733 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30814 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30814.html.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry