CVE-2002-0823 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in Winhlp32.exe allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document that calls the HTML Help ActiveX control (HHCtrl.ocx) with a long pathname in the Item parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.64565.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:windows_help:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp1::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::sp2::::::*

No data.

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Windows 2000 Subscribe Windows Help Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102822806329440&w=2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3Bq293338
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9746.php
http://www.osvdb.org/2991
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4857

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.34128}`	epss `{'score': 0.33654}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.996Z

Reserved: 2002-08-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-0823

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0823

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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