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CVE-1999-0716

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Windows NT 4.0 help file utility via a malformed help file.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ231605
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-015
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ231605
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-015

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