CVE-2006-0564 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-02-06

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 82.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:html_help:1.4::sdk:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:html_help_workshop:4.74.8702.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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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 0.82714.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18740
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015585
http://users.pandora.be/bratax/advisories/b008.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/124460
http://www.osvdb.org/22941
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0446
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24481

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Html Help Html Help Workshop

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-06T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:41:28.381Z

Reserved: 2006-02-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0564

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-06T23:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0564

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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