CVE-2002-0823

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Winhlp32.exe allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document that calls the HTML Help ActiveX control (HHCtrl.ocx) with a long pathname in the Item parameter.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows Help: all versions

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3Bq293338
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9746.php
http://www.osvdb.org/2991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4857
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3Bq293338
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9746.php
http://www.osvdb.org/2991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4857

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