CVE-2004-0201

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Heap-based buffer overflow in the HtmlHelp program (hh.exe) in HTML Help for Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .CHM file with a large length field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1041.

Heap-based buffer overflow in the HtmlHelp program (hh.exe) in HTML Help for Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .CHM file with a large length field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-1041.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-08-06 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2019-04-30 14:27:00

Affected Software

Avaya IP600 Media Servers

Avaya DefinityOne Media Server

Avaya S8100

Microsoft Windows 2000

Microsoft windows 2000_sp1

Microsoft windows 2000_sp2

Microsoft windows 2000_sp3

Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

Microsoft windows 98_gold

Microsoft windows 98_se

Microsoft Windows ME

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP1

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP2

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP3

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP4

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp5 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP5

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp5 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6 server

4.0

Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6 workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6a server

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp6a workstation

4.0

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Gold

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 Home Edition

References

20040714 HtmlHelp - .CHM File Heap Overflow

VU#920060

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

TA04-196A

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

MS04-023

win-htmlhelp-execute-code(16586)

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1503

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1530

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2155

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:3179

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