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CVE-2006-0564

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 71.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-02-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft HTML Help Workshop 4.74.8702.0, and possibly earlier versions, and as included in the Microsoft HTML Help 1.4 SDK, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .hhp file with a long Contents file field.

Affected products

• Microsoft Html Help: 1.4
• Microsoft Html Help Workshop: 4.74.8702.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18740
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015585
• http://users.pandora.be/bratax/advisories/b008.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124460
• http://www.osvdb.org/22941
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0446
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24481
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18740
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015585
• http://users.pandora.be/bratax/advisories/b008.html
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124460
• http://www.osvdb.org/22941

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