9.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-5232

Published: 26/11/2008 Updated: 03/12/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 935
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious users 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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microsoft windows 2000 -

microsoft windows nt 4.0

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/30814/info The Microsoft Windows Media Services ActiveX control is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of an application using the affected ActiveX c ...