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CVE-2002-0155

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 24.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Microsoft MSN Chat ActiveX Control, as used in MSN Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, and Exchange Instant Messenger 4.5 and 4.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long ResDLL parameter in the MSNChat OCX.

Affected products

• Microsoft Msn Chat Control: all versions
• Microsoft Msn Messenger: 4.5, 4.6
• Microsoft Msn Messenger Service For Exchange: 4.5, 4.6

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102089960531919&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-13.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9041.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4707
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-022
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102089960531919&w=2
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-13.html
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9041.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4707
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-022

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