CVE-2013-5023

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The ActiveX controls in the HelpAsst component in NI Help Links in National Instruments LabWindows/CVI 2012 SP1 and earlier, LabVIEW 2012 SP1 and earlier, and other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering the display of local .chm files.

Affected products

NI DIAdem: through 2012
NI LabVIEW: through 2012
NI Labwindows: through 2012
NI Measurementstudio: through 2013
NI Teststand: through 2012

References

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/E6BC4F119D49A97A86257BD3004FE019?OpenDocument
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/507DEC9DA57A708186257B3600512623?OpenDocument
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/5C87A3AA7300868986257B3600501FE6?OpenDocument
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/E6BC4F119D49A97A86257BD3004FE019?OpenDocument
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/507DEC9DA57A708186257B3600512623?OpenDocument
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/websearch/5C87A3AA7300868986257B3600501FE6?OpenDocument

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