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CVE-2006-0564 (GCVE-0-2006-0564)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-02-06 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:41
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18740 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/22941 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015585 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://users.pandora.be/bratax/advisories/b008.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124460 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0446 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2006-02-06 00:00
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