CVE-2007-0214

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 26.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The HTML Help ActiveX control (Hhctrl.ocx) in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3, XP SP2 and Professional, 2003 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified functions, related to uninitialized parameters.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2000: all versions
Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: 64-bit, itanium, sp1
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/24136
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563756
http://www.osvdb.org/31884
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22478
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017635
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-044A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0577
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-008
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A125
http://secunia.com/advisories/24136
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/563756
http://www.osvdb.org/31884

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