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CVE-2008-5232

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 32.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Buffer overflow in the CallHTMLHelp method in the Microsoft Windows Media Services ActiveX control in nskey.dll 4.1.00.3917 in Windows Media Services on Microsoft Windows NT and 2000, and Avaya Media and Message Application servers, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

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

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txt
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020733
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30814
• http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30814.html.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44629
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/0808-exploits/wms-overflow.txt
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020733
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30814
• http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/30814.html.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44629

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